The Quarterly Journal of Science, 1877, Vol. 7: And Annals of Mining, Metallurgy, Engineering, Industrial Arts, Manufactures, and Technology; Vol. XIV (O. S.) (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Excerpt from The Quarterly Journal of Science, 1877, Vol. 7: And Annals of Mining, Metallurgy, Engineering, Industrial Arts, Manufactures, and Technology; Vol. XIV (O. S.)

In October, 1866, however, Schmidt was startled by finding no trace of Linné, when it was in a position when it should have been most conspicuous. Instead of the deep wide crater with its interior filled with intense black shadow, all he could detect was a faint, indistinct, cloudy marking, about 5 miles in diameter. During the subsequent evenings it retained this aspeé'c, though at times it was so indistinét as to be barely visible. Schmidt immediately announced this startling circumstance, and during the end of 1866 and the commencement of 1867 nearly every astronomer in Europe directed his attention to this now-celebrated spot. Since then this portion of the moon has been repeatedly examined by selenographers, but Linné has never been seen of the size and Character ascribed to it by Lohrmann, Madler, and Schmidt. The conspicuous deep crater has utterly disappeared.

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