New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-17
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY H. 1888

drn po1Rs sy gurs which refer
lunar surface identified and catalogued that they
be referred to refer to positions upon the earhi
Nothing would please me better than to show you O
picture Of the other side OF the moon always feel
other side Of the moon The reason is this That while
the reyOlyes around the earth once month, IL
the face the earth all the time We see precisely
the same portion Of the moon tnat Ga ii,.'
more on tie eastern or western edge, or on the
northern southern edge, but in the long run there is
no discrepancy at all They keep along precisely TO-
gether, that we never see and shall see the
other side Of the OF this little coincidence IS
not accidental The reason Is generally supposed TO pe
this that when the former plastic state
there was tide upon It, making Its diameter III tne
that the material arranged as to be denser that
way than the other Hanson thought the other side OF
lighter At any rate there is want OF symmetry
about the moon, which makes sort OF handle by Wnen
Mother Earth keeps 1t facing her continually. III the
begins TO turn the earth takes hold OF TINS hande
ia producing similar effect upon the earth, increasing
the length OF day so that the time wll come unless
month and the earth viii keep one face always turned
towards the moon And then people upon the otnec sae
But that Will be great many years hence we heed not
Here is picture showing the surface of the On
the earth the mountains lie mostly in ranges, ike the
wrinkles upon mans hand or upon withered apple.
But In the moon there comparatively few mountain
ranges but the formations are mostly circular, Ike
find In certain portions OF the earth but upon
and a portion OF the earth side by side and you see
resemblance. This IS portion Of relief map OF the
Bay of Naples made OF plaster with the elevations and
depressons Of course exaggerated All around In that
volcanic region you see these circular spots II seems
altogether probable that the being l6lth tue
weight the earth the volcanic action there has been
on more extensive scale Here Is the centre OF Mount
Vesuvus circular cavity, with little mountain zoo
or 800 feet high In the middle, pierced at
Bottom sas d 9Pd crater rnp .s q @h d sRs
broken UP into irregular blocks Here is represented
ia s H. Ss two or three Of
them together, BASIN In this case ttie lower imam
the general level outside although t Is sometimes
dreds and sometimes thousands OF feet high Scattered
Ows we lind them all sharp and hard with no signs OF
vegetation as the month goes on, hardly even any
changes aud make that reservation because Brit, or
England thinks that he has seen some slight changes
such as might attend tho growth OF moses during the
Here is Nasmyths idea of the way in which tbs moon
is formed. An eruption occurs from below throwing
there being atmosphere upon the moon, 1t fals at
equal distances all around making circular ridge.
up and fills It nearly level and finally there is
a mountain In the middle, with a nat
eruption and lualy we have ring mountain and we
find IN the many OF that kind, where some
do not feel clear that this win answer. for all
the craters OF which 100 miles in diameter.
at the centre of the ring we could not see the bounding
ridge at ALL although the mountains are 10 600 feet
duced In that way.
said there was no atmosphere upon the moon, shown
partly by sharpness of the shadows Another indt-
OF that is that when tho bright
star 1t goes out with startling snddenness II
to be observed passing behind the earth,
when 10 struck our atmosphere IL would change color,
and then be pulled out Of shape into line parallel TO
the edge Of the dise and would gradually disappear,
consuming several seconds but wDen the moon covers
star there such appearance. do not know any
thing equaling the sudden disappearance OF Adebazan
or Regulus at tho edge OF the moon.
gone; II is instantaneous; t dOes not take the hun
dredth OF n second and 1t reappears with the same
startling suddeuness. remember an instance where
four five OF my students were watching for the reap
pearance OF Adebaran; when the star came out heard
n shout down stairs, but not one OF them thought
to the tune; they had lost the count OF
the seconds. IL IL safe to say that the moon
has not atmosphere one hundredth Of that on the
earth.