A Day in the Moon (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Théophile Moreux

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330188187 ISBN 13 : 9781330188187

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

The digital edition of all books may be viewed on our website before purchase. Excerpt from A Day in the Moon (Classic Reprint)



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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. This text has been digitally restored from a historical edition. Some errors may persist, however we consider it worth publishing due to the work's historical value.The digital edition of all books may be viewed on our website before purchase.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Publishers are indebted to the kindness of the Author for the loan of many of his original drawings for reproduction in this English translation. THE EARTH AS SEEN FROM THE MOON .. Frontispiece FACING PAGE THE NORTH HORN OF THE MOON ..... l6 EARTH-LIT NEW MOON ....... 3O THE MOON AT THE FIRST QUARTER (AGED JDAYS 3HOURS) .34 THE PHASES OF THE MOON .. .. .. 36 THE MOON (AGED 8DAYS 23 HOURS) 38 THE FULL MOON (AGED 14 DAYS I HOUR) .. .40 THE MOON (AGED 20 DAYS 19 HOURS) .. 42 THE MOON AT THE LAST QUARTER (AGED 23 DAYS 8HOURS) .44 SUNRISE ON THE MOUNTAIN RING WALTER ..48 HEVELIUS AND HIS WIFE OBSERVING THE POSITIONS OF THE HEAVENLY BODIES ....... 58 THE MOON ......... 6O COMPARATIVE SIZE OF THE EARTH AND THE MOON .. 76 A GAP IN THE MOUNTAIN RAMPART OF COPERNICUS .. 82 OUTLYING BUTTRESSES OF THE LUNAR ALPS ... 84 COPERNICUS ......... 92 PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF A LUNAR MOUNTAIN-RING .. .IO2 REGION OF THE LUNAR APENNINES .. ..
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.

Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330188187
• ISBN 13: 9781330188187
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 269
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