Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF PLATES
- CHAPTER I ON THE COSMICAL ORIGIN OF THE PLANETS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- CHAPTER II THE GENERATION OF COSMICAL HEAT
- CHAPTER III THE SUBSEQUENT COOLING OF THE IGNEOUS BODY
- CHAPTER IV THE FORM, MAGNITUDE, WEIGHT, AND DENSITY OF THE LUNAR GLOBE
- CHAPTER V ON THE EXISTENCE OR NON-EXISTENCE OF A LUNAR ATMOSPHERE
- CHAPTER VI THE GENERAL ASPECT OF THE LUNAR SURFACE
- CHAPTER VII TOPOGRAPHY OF THE MOON
- CHAPTER VIII ON LUNAR CRATERS
- CHAPTER IX ON THE GREAT RING-FORMATIONS NOT MANIFESTLY VOLCANIC
- CHAPTER X PEAKS AND MOUNTAIN RANGES
- CHAPTER XI CRACKS AND RADIATING STREAKS
- CHAPTER XII COLOUR AND BRIGHTNESS OF LUNAR DETAILS: CHRONOLOGY OF FORMATIONS, AND FINALITY OF EXISTING FEATURES
- CHAPTER XIII THE MOON AS A WORLD: DAY AND NIGHT UPON ITS SURFACE
- CHAPTER XIV THE MOON AS A SATELLITE: ITS RELATION TO THE EARTH AND MAN
- CHAPTER XV CONCLUDING SUMMARY
CHAPTER V - ON THE EXISTENCE OR NON-EXISTENCE OF A LUNAR ATMOSPHERE
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2014
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF PLATES
- CHAPTER I ON THE COSMICAL ORIGIN OF THE PLANETS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- CHAPTER II THE GENERATION OF COSMICAL HEAT
- CHAPTER III THE SUBSEQUENT COOLING OF THE IGNEOUS BODY
- CHAPTER IV THE FORM, MAGNITUDE, WEIGHT, AND DENSITY OF THE LUNAR GLOBE
- CHAPTER V ON THE EXISTENCE OR NON-EXISTENCE OF A LUNAR ATMOSPHERE
- CHAPTER VI THE GENERAL ASPECT OF THE LUNAR SURFACE
- CHAPTER VII TOPOGRAPHY OF THE MOON
- CHAPTER VIII ON LUNAR CRATERS
- CHAPTER IX ON THE GREAT RING-FORMATIONS NOT MANIFESTLY VOLCANIC
- CHAPTER X PEAKS AND MOUNTAIN RANGES
- CHAPTER XI CRACKS AND RADIATING STREAKS
- CHAPTER XII COLOUR AND BRIGHTNESS OF LUNAR DETAILS: CHRONOLOGY OF FORMATIONS, AND FINALITY OF EXISTING FEATURES
- CHAPTER XIII THE MOON AS A WORLD: DAY AND NIGHT UPON ITS SURFACE
- CHAPTER XIV THE MOON AS A SATELLITE: ITS RELATION TO THE EARTH AND MAN
- CHAPTER XV CONCLUDING SUMMARY
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- The MoonConsidered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite, pp. 39 - 50Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013