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The Moon: A Popular Treatise

Chapter 3: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
By Garrett Putman Serviss
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A popular, accessible survey of Earth's satellite that guides readers through its changing phases using a sequence of photographs taken across a lunation. It explains orbital relations, illumination, libration, and tidal connections in clear, nontechnical language, and uses images to interpret surface features such as plains, craters, mountains, and suggested volcanic forms. Guided descriptions of successive phases and selected regional views highlight notable landscapes and observational effects, while diagrams and practical commentary clarify viewing methods and the appearance of the lunar surface. The work is aimed at general readers who wish to understand observational results without technical detail.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
Copernicus and the Carpathian Mountains Frontispiece
PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE MOON SHOWING PHASES OF CHANGE
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No. 1, February 19, 1904; Moon’s Age 3.85 Days 50
No. 2, September 24, 1903; Moon’s Age 3.87 Days 56
No. 3, July 29, 1903; Moon’s Age 5.54 Days 66
No. 4, November 24, 1903; Moon’s Age 5.74 Days 72
No. 5, July 1, 1903; Moon’s Age 6.24 Days 74
No. 6, November 26, 1903; Moon’s Age 7.75 Days 78
No. 7, July 2, 1903; Moon’s Age 7.24 Days 90
No. 8, August 31, 1903; Moon’s Age 9.22 Days 94
No. 9, August 2, 1903; Moon’s Age 8.97 Days 102
No. 10, November 30, 1903; Moon’s Age 11.78 Days 106
No. 11, December 1, 1903; Moon’s Age 12.98 Days 112
No. 12, September 4, 1903; Moon’s Age 13.27 Days 118
No. 13, September 5, 1903; Moon’s Age 14.40 Days 122
No. 14, August 26, 1904; Moon’s Age 15.65 Days 132
No. 15, August 28, 1904; Moon’s Age 17.41 Days 134
No. 16, August 29, 1904; Moon’s Age 18.62 Days 138
No. 17, October 10, 1903; Moon’s Age 20.06 Days 142
No. 18, September 29, 1904; Moon’s Age 20.50 Days 144
No. 19, August 16, 1903; Moon’s Age 23.81 Days 150
No. 20, August 17, 1903; Moon’s Age 24.84 Days 158
No. 21, August 19, 1903; Moon’s Age 26.89 Days 168
PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE MOON SHOWING SIGNIFICANT FEATURES
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Bullialdus and the Mare Nubium 182
Tycho, Clavius, and their Surroundings 192
The Great Southwest on the Moon 198
The Giant Ring Mountain Theophilus and its Neighbors. 206
Two Great Lunar “Seas”—the Mare Serenitatis and a Part of the Mare Imbrium 218
DIAGRAMS IN TEXT
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Phases and Rotation of the Moon 14
The Moon’s Path with Respect to the Sun and the Earth 17
The Moon and the Tides 23
Effect of Moon, Varying Velocity in Orbit Producing Libration in Longitude 58
Lunar Volcano, in Section 85
Terrestrial Volcano, in Section 85
Diagram Showing Why the Winter Moon Runs High 170
Diagram Showing Why Moon Rises Later Every Night 173
Diagram Illustrating the Harvest Moon 174
INTRODUCTION