The moon : her motions, aspect, scenery, and physical condition /
Proctor, Richard A.(Richard Anthony),1837-1888,author.
Rutherfurd, Lewis Morris,1816-1892,photographer.
Also published in New York (D. Appleton and Company).
Original edition published in 1873. This edition is condensed to omit portions considered "too difficult for the general reader." See Preface to the second edition, page v.
With 2 collotype reproductions of photographs of the moon by Lewis M. Rutherfurd, dated Feb. 27, 1871 and Sept. 16, 1870, and 1 half-tone reproduction of a photograph of a plaster model by James Nasmyth showing the moon's surface. Collotypes possibly executed by the Autotype Fine Art Company; see catalog of the David A. Hanson Collection of the History of Photomechanical Reproduction, page 59 (1878:4). Halftone (plate III), signed H. Alard sc., was "taken from a photograph of the original model furnished to Sir J. Herschel by Mr. Nasmyth" (see page 174).
Map of the moon on folded leaf.
The moon's distance, size, and mass -- The moon's motions -- The moon's changes of aspect, rotation, libration, etc. -- Study of the moon's surface -- Lunar celestial phenomena -- Condition of the moon's surface.
Includes "Index to the map of the moon" (pages 305-314).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Celestial mechanics.
Lunar geography.
Lunar photography.
England London.