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GASSENDI. Nov. 7. 1867 10 P.M.

THE MOON: CONSIDERED AS A PLANET, A WORLD, and A SATELLITE.

BY JAMES NASMYTH, C.E. AND JAMES CARPENTER, F.R.A.S. LATE OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, GREENWICH.

WITH TWENTY-FOUR ILLUSTRATIVE PLATES OF LUNAR OBJECTS, PHENOMENA, AND SCENERY; NUMEROUS WOODCUTS, &c.

LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. 1874.

LONDON: BRADBURY, AGNEW, & CO., PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.

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TO HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF ARGYLL, IN RECOGNITION OF HIS LONG CONTINUED INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT OF WHICH IT TREATS, This Volume IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHORS.

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