 Vesuvius ; and, in some of the principal ones, decisive marks of volcanic stratification, arising from successive deposits of ejected matter, may be clearly traced With powerful telescopes. What is, moreover, extremely singular in the geology of the moon...  The Quarterly Journal of Science - Page 341873Full view - About this book
 | Sir John Frederick William Herschel - 1833 - 444 pages
...geology of the moon is, that although nothing having the character of seas can be traced, (for the dusky spots which are commonly called seas, when closely...level, and apparently of a decided alluvial character. (364.) The moon has no clouds, nor any other indications of an atmosphere. Were there any, it could... | |
 | sir John Frederick W. Herschel (1st bart.) - 1833 - 500 pages
...geology of the moon is, that although nothing having the character of seas can be traced, (for the dusky spots which are commonly called seas, when closely...level, and apparently of a decided alluvial character. (364.) The moon has no clouds, nor any other indications of an atmosphere. Were there any, it could... | |
 | 1834 - 596 pages
...geology of the moon, is, that although nothing having the character of seas can be traced, (for the dusky spots which are commonly called seas, when closely...level, and apparently of a decided alluvial character.' — P. 229. From these last remarks, we are led almost irresistibly to the conclusion, that the moon... | |
 | John Frederick William Herschel - 1835 - 414 pages
...geology of the moon is, that although nothing having the character of seas can be traced (for the dusky spots which are commonly called seas, when closely...deep water), yet there are large regions perfectly levd, and apparently of a decided alluvial character. (364.) The moon has no clouds, nor any other... | |
 | Thomas Lockerby - 1839 - 566 pages
...does not penetrate half a mile below the surface.) Nothing in the character of seas can be traced. Yet there are large regions perfectly level, and apparently of a decided alluvial character. The moon is at a moderate distance from us (astronomically speaking) and is, in fact, our nearest neighbour.... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - 1846 - 664 pages
...geology pf the moon is, that although nothing having the character of seas can be traced (for the dusky spots which are commonly called seas, when closely...large regions perfectly level, and apparently of a decidedly alluvial character. But this condition of things may have resulted from volcanic action,... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - 1846 - 644 pages
...dusky spots which i are commonly called seas, when closely examined, present appearances incom' patible with the supposition of deep water), yet there are...large regions perfectly level, and apparently of a decidedly alluvial character. But this condition of things may have resulted from volcanic action,... | |
 | John Frederick William Herschel - 1849 - 672 pages
...geology of the moon is, that, although nothing having the character of seas can be traced, (for the dusky spots, which are commonly called seas, when closely...level, and apparently of a decided alluvial character. (431.) The moon has no clouds, nor any other decisive indications of an atmosphere. Were there any,... | |
 | 1850 - 556 pages
...geology of the moon is, that, although nothing having the character of seas can be traced, (for the dusky spots, which are commonly called seas, when closely...level, and apparently of a decided alluvial character. ' The moon has no clouds, nor any other decisive indications of an atmosphere. Were there any, it could... | |
 | David Brewster - 1854 - 334 pages
...successive deposits of ejected matter, and evident indications of lava currents ;" and he admits that " there are large regions perfectly level, and apparently of a decided alluvial character" — conditions of the moon's surface, which demonstrate that there has been an atmosphere to promote... | |
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