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Astronomy with an Opera-glass: A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical InstrumentsServiss, Garrett Putman

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Astronomy with an Opera-glass: A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments

Name: Astronomy with an Opera-glass: A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments
Author: Serviss, Garrett Putman

Serviss, Garrett Putman

Astronomy

A. The Crisian Sea.
  B. Humboldt Sea.
  C. The Sea of Cold.
  D. The Lake of Death.
  E. The Lake of Dreams.
  F. The Marsh of Sleep.
  G. The Sea of Tranquillity.
  H. The Sea of Serenity.
  I. The Marsh of Mists.
  K. The Marsh of Putrefaction.
  L. The Sea of Vapors.
  M. The Central Gulf.
  N. The Gulf of Heats.
  O. The Sea of Showers.
  P. The Bay of Rainbows.
  Q. The Ocean of Storms.
  R. The Bay of Dew.
  S. The Sea of Clouds.
  T. The Sea of Humors.
  V. The Sea of Nectar.
  X. The Sea of Fertility.
  Z. The South Sea.

_Mountains and Crater Rings._

  1. Grimaldi.
  2. Letronne.
  3. Gassendi.
  4. Euclides.
  5. Bullialdus.
  6. Pitatus.
  7. Schickhard.
  8. Longomontanus.
  9. Tycho.
  10. Maginus.
  11. Clavius.
  12. Newton.
  13. Maurolycus.
  14. Stoefler.
  15. Walter.
  16. Regiomontanus.
  17. Purbach.
  18. Arzachel.
  19. Alphonsus.
  20. Ptolemaus.
  21. Hipparchus.
  22. Albategnius.
  23. Theophilus.
  24. Cyrillus.
  25. Catharina.
  26. The Altai Mts.
  27. Piccolomini.
  28. Petavius.
  29. Langrenus.
  80. Proclus.
  31. Cleomedes.
  32. Atlas.
  33. Hercules.
  34. Posidonius.
  35. Plinius.
  36. Menelaus.
  37. Manilius.
  38. The Caucasus Mts.
  39. Eudoxus.
  40. Aristotle.
  41. The Alps.
  42. Plato.
  43. Archimedes.
  44. The Apennines.
  45. Eratosthenes.
  46. Copernicus.
  47. The Carpathian Mts.
  48. Timocharis.
  49. Lambert.
  50. Euler.
  51. Aristarchus.
  52. Kepler.
  53. Flamsteed.

The early selenographers certainly must have been men of vivid
imagination, and the romantic names they gave to the lunar landscapes,
and particularly to the "seas," add a charm of their own to the study of
the moon. Who would not wish to see the "Bay of Rainbows," or the "Lake
of Dreams," or the "Sea of Tranquillity," if for no other reason than a
curiosity to know what could have induced men to give to these regions
in the moon such captivating titles? Or who would not desire to visit
them if he could? though no doubt we should find them, like the
"Delectable Mountains" in the "Pilgrim's Progress," most charming when
seen from afar.

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Astronomy with an Opera-glass: A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical InstrumentsServiss, Garrett Putman

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Astronomy with an Opera-glass: A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments

Serviss, Garrett Putman

Astronomy

A. The Crisian Sea.
  B. Humboldt Sea.
  C. The Sea of Cold.
  D. The Lake of Death.
  E. The Lake of Dreams.
  F. The Marsh of Sleep.
  G. The Sea of Tranquillity.
  H. The Sea of Serenity.
  I. The Marsh of Mists.
  K. The Marsh of Putrefaction.
  L. The Sea of Vapors.
  M. The Central Gulf.
  N. The Gulf of Heats.
  O. The Sea of Showers.
  P. The Bay of Rainbows.
  Q. The Ocean of Storms.
  R. The Bay of Dew.
  S. The Sea of Clouds.
  T. The Sea of Humors.
  V. The Sea of Nectar.
  X. The Sea of Fertility.
  Z. The South Sea.

_Mountains and Crater Rings._

  1. Grimaldi.
  2. Letronne.
  3. Gassendi.
  4. Euclides.
  5. Bullialdus.
  6. Pitatus.
  7. Schickhard.
  8. Longomontanus.
  9. Tycho.
  10. Maginus.
  11. Clavius.
  12. Newton.
  13. Maurolycus.
  14. Stoefler.
  15. Walter.
  16. Regiomontanus.
  17. Purbach.
  18. Arzachel.
  19. Alphonsus.
  20. Ptolemaus.
  21. Hipparchus.
  22. Albategnius.
  23. Theophilus.
  24. Cyrillus.
  25. Catharina.
  26. The Altai Mts.
  27. Piccolomini.
  28. Petavius.
  29. Langrenus.
  80. Proclus.
  31. Cleomedes.
  32. Atlas.
  33. Hercules.
  34. Posidonius.
  35. Plinius.
  36. Menelaus.
  37. Manilius.
  38. The Caucasus Mts.
  39. Eudoxus.
  40. Aristotle.
  41. The Alps.
  42. Plato.
  43. Archimedes.
  44. The Apennines.
  45. Eratosthenes.
  46. Copernicus.
  47. The Carpathian Mts.
  48. Timocharis.
  49. Lambert.
  50. Euler.
  51. Aristarchus.
  52. Kepler.
  53. Flamsteed.

The early selenographers certainly must have been men of vivid
imagination, and the romantic names they gave to the lunar landscapes,
and particularly to the "seas," add a charm of their own to the study of
the moon. Who would not wish to see the "Bay of Rainbows," or the "Lake
of Dreams," or the "Sea of Tranquillity," if for no other reason than a
curiosity to know what could have induced men to give to these regions
in the moon such captivating titles? Or who would not desire to visit
them if he could? though no doubt we should find them, like the
"Delectable Mountains" in the "Pilgrim's Progress," most charming when
seen from afar.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Astronomy with an Opera-glass: A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments

Astronomy with an Opera-glass: A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments

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