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The Moon: considered as a planet, a world, and a satellite.

Chapter 34: Transcriber’s Notes
By James Nasmyth
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Transcriber’s Notes

  • Retained copyright information from the printed edition: this eBook is public-domain in the country of publication.
  • Silently corrected a few palpable typos.
  • In the text versions only, text in italics is delimited by _underscores_.