Popular Astronomy, Volume 50Goodsell Observatory of Carleton College, 1942 |
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... Moon " and " Around the Moon , " and the contents are sufficiently interesting for us to follow his example and consider each volume separately . In " From the Earth to the Moon " Verne relates how Barbicane , president of an American ...
... Moon " and " Around the Moon , " and the contents are sufficiently interesting for us to follow his example and consider each volume separately . In " From the Earth to the Moon " Verne relates how Barbicane , president of an American ...
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... moon is covered with a fine dust and the impact of meteors on the moon . We are sending Mr. Darling some extracts from the chapter on the moon in our " Descriptive Astronomy , " copyright 1941 , a manual published by the ditto process ...
... moon is covered with a fine dust and the impact of meteors on the moon . We are sending Mr. Darling some extracts from the chapter on the moon in our " Descriptive Astronomy , " copyright 1941 , a manual published by the ditto process ...
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rule by night , also He ordained the moon for seasons . If the moon's velocity about the earth were exactly that required to preserve a constant distance between earth and moon , in other words , if its orbit were exactly circular , the ...
rule by night , also He ordained the moon for seasons . If the moon's velocity about the earth were exactly that required to preserve a constant distance between earth and moon , in other words , if its orbit were exactly circular , the ...
Contents
Bolide observed A bright 451 | 114 |
STELLAR DISTANCES FREDERICK SLOCUM | 117 |
METEORITIC FOSSILS BEN HUR WILSON | 125 |
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