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The Moon: A Popular Treatise

Chapter 9: APPENDIX
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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.

APPENDIX

Dates, and age of the moon, when the twenty-one serial photographs were made at the Yerkes Observatory, by Mr. Wallace, with the 12-inch telescope and a special color filter constructed by him:

No. 1, February 19, 1904; Moon’s Age 3.85 Days
No. 2, September 24, 1903; Moon’s Age 3.87 Days
No. 3, July 29, 1903; Moon’s Age 5.54 Days
No. 4, November 24, 1903; Moon’s Age 5.74 Days
No. 5, July 1, 1903; Moon’s Age 6.24 Days
No. 6, November 26, 1903; Moon’s Age 7.75 Days
No. 7, July 2, 1903; Moon’s Age 7.24 Days
No. 8, August 31, 1903; Moon’s Age 9.22 Days
No. 9, August 2, 1903; Moon’s Age 8.97 Days
No. 10, November 30, 1903; Moon’s Age 11.78 Days
No. 11, December 1, 1903; Moon’s Age 12.98 Days
No. 12, September 4, 1903; Moon’s Age 13.27 Days
No. 13, September 5, 1903; Moon’s Age 14.40 Days
No. 14, August 26, 1904; Moon’s Age 15.65 Days
No. 15, August 28, 1904; Moon’s Age 17.41 Days
No. 16, August 29, 1904; Moon’s Age 18.62 Days
No. 17, October 10, 1903; Moon’s Age 20.06 Days
No. 18, September 29, 1904; Moon’s Age 20.50 Days
No. 19, August 16, 1903; Moon’s Age 23.81 Days
No. 20, August 17, 1903; Moon’s Age 24.84 Days
No. 21, August 19, 1903; Moon’s Age 26.89 Days

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