The moon : $b a full description and map of its principal physical featuresElger, Thomas Gwyn
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The moon : $b a full description and map of its principal physical features
Elger, Thomas Gwyn
Moon
EULER.--The most easterly of the row of great ring-plains, which,
beginning on the W. with Autolycus, and followed by Archimedes,
Timocharis, and Lambert, extends almost in a great circle from the N.W.
to the S.E. side of the Mare Imbrium. It is about 19 miles in diameter,
and is surrounded by terraced walls, which, though of no great height
above the Mare, rise 6000 feet above the floor. There is a distinct
little gap in the S. wall, easily glimpsed when it is close to the
morning terminator, which probably represents a small crater. Euler has a
bright central mountain, and is a centre of white silvery streaks.
BRAYLEY.--A very conspicuous little ring-plain E.S.E. of Euler, with two
smaller but equally brilliant objects of the same class situated
respectively E. and W. of it.
DIOPHANTUS.--Forms with Delisle, its companion on the N., a noteworthy
object. It is about 13 miles in diameter, with a wall, which has a
distinct break in its continuity on the N., rising about 2500 feet above
the Mare. A rill-valley runs from the E. side of the ring towards the W.
face of a triangular-shaped mountain on the E. of a line joining the
formation with Delisle. North are three bright little craters in a line,
the middle one being much the largest. From the most easterly of these
objects a light streak may be traced under a high sun, extending for many
miles to another small crater on the N.W. of Diophantus, and expanding at
a point due N. of the formation into a spindle-shaped marking. At
sunrise, the W. portion of the streak has all the appearance of a cleft,
with a branch about midway running to the S. side of Delisle. Under the
same phase a broad band of shadow extends from the N.E. wall to the
triangular mountain just mentioned, representing a very sudden drop in
the surface--resembling on a small scale the well-known "railroad" E. of
Thebit. Diophantus has no central mountain.
DELISLE.--A larger and more irregularly-shaped object than the last, 16
miles in diameter, with loftier and more massive walls, and an extensive
but ill-defined central hill. There is an evident break in the northern
border. A triangular mountain on the S.E. and a winding ridge running up
to the N. wall are prominent features at sunrise, as are also the
brilliant summits of a group of hills some distance to the E.N.E.
CARLINI.--A small but prominent and deep little crater about 5 miles in
diameter on the Mare Imbrium about midway between Lambert and the Sinus
Iridum. There are many faint light streaks in the vicinity, one of which
extends from Carlini to Bianchini, on the edge of the Sinus,--a distance
of 300 miles. Schmidt shows a central peak.
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