The moon hoax : $b or, A discovery that the moon has a vast population of human beings — John Locke — John Shaqi
The moon hoax : $b or, A discovery that the moon has a vast population of human beings
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"STUPENDOUS DISCOVERY IN ASTRONOMY.--We have read with unspeakable
emotions of pleasure and astonishment, an article from the last
_Edinburgh Scientific Journal_, containing an account of the recent
discoveries of Sir John Herschel at the Cape of Good Hope."--_Albany
Daily Advertiser._
"It is quite proper that the _Sun_ should be the means of shedding
so much light on the _Moon_. That there should be winged people in
the Moon does not strike us as more wonderful than the existence of
such a race of beings on earth; and that there does or did exist such
a race rests on the evidence of that most veracious of voyagers and
circumstantial of chroniclers, Peter Wilkins, whose celebrated work
not only gives an account of the general appearance and habits of a
most interesting tribe of flying Indians, but also of all those more
delicate and engaging traits which the author was enabled to discover
by reason of the conjugal relations he entered into with one of the
females of the winged tribe."--_N. Y. Evening Post._
"We think we can trace in it marks of transatlantic origin."--_N. Y.
Commercial Advertiser._
"The writer (Dr. Andrew Grant) displays the most extensive and
accurate knowledge of astronomy, and the description of Sir John's
recently improved instruments, the principle on which the inestimable
improvements were founded, the account of the wonderful discoveries
in the moon, &c., are all probable and plausible, and have an air of
intense verisimilitude."--_N. Y. Times._
"GREAT ASTRONOMICAL DISCOVERIES!--By the late arrivals from England
there has been received in this country a supplement to the _Edinburgh
Journal of Science_ containing intelligence of the most astounding
interest from Prof. Herschel's observatory at the Cape of Good Hope....
The promulgation of these discoveries creates a new era in astronomy
and science generally."--_New Yorker._
"Our enterprising neighbors of the _Sun_, we are pleased to learn, are
likely to enjoy a rich reward from the late _lunar_ discoveries. They
deserve all they receive from the public--'they are worthy.'"--_N. Y.
Spirit of '76._
"After all, however, our doubts and incredulity may be a wrong to the
learned astronomer, and the circumstances of this wonderful discovery
may be correct. Let us do him justice, and allow him to tell his story
in his own way."--_N. Y. Sunday News._
"The article is said to be an extract from a supplement to the
_Edinburgh Journal of Science_. It sets forth difficulties encountered
by Sir John, on obtaining his glass castings for his great telescope,
with magnifying powers of 42,000. _The account, excepting the
magnifying power, has been before published_" [_i. e._, in the
Supplement to the _Edinburgh Journal of Science_.--Ed. _Sun_].--_U. S.
Gazette._