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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 Excerpt: ...possess? A. They are called Ring mountains. Q. How are these formed? A. A deep cavern or crater is often seen on a plain, surmounted by a chain of mountains like a ring, and, frequently, from the center of this inclosed plain an isolated peak shoots up to a great height in the sky. Ring Mountains. Q. How do the mountains differ in appearance from other lunar mountains 1 A. They are lofty mountains, circular in form, inclosing a vast area resembling the crater of a volcano. Q. What is the extent of their diameters? A. They are from ten to sixty miles in diameter. Q. What other peculiarity in their formation? A. They sometimes contain in their center one or more lofty peaks. Q. What is observed flowing out from all sides of these Ring mountains? A. There are seen streaks of light and shade radiating and spreading to a distance of several hundred miles. Q. What are these called? A. They are called radiating streaks. Q. How are they accounted for? A. They are considered by some to be streams of lava which have once flowed out in all directions from these volcanic mountains. Q. For what is Copernicus distinguished? A. It is one of the grandest of the Ring mountains. Q. What is the length of its diameter? A. It is fifty-six miles in diameter. Q. What is there peculiar in its formation? A. It has a central mountain, two of whose peaks are quite conspicuous. Q. How high does it rise and what is its form? A. It rises eleven thousand feet, and the summit is a narrow ridge, nearly circular in form. The Eclipses. Q. What is an Eclipse? A. It is an obstruction or obscurity of the light of the Sun or Moon by the interposition of some dark body between them and our sight. Q. What causes an Eclipse of the Moon? A. When the Moon, in its revolution around the Earth, passes i...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 Excerpt: ...possess? A. They are called Ring mountains. Q. How are these formed? A. A deep cavern or crater is often seen on a plain, surmounted by a chain of mountains like a ring, and, frequently, from the center of this inclosed plain an isolated peak shoots up to a great height in the sky. Ring Mountains. Q. How do the mountains differ in appearance from other lunar mountains 1 A. They are lofty mountains, circular in form, inclosing a vast area resembling the crater of a volcano. Q. What is the extent of their diameters? A. They are from ten to sixty miles in diameter. Q. What other peculiarity in their formation? A. They sometimes contain in their center one or more lofty peaks. Q. What is observed flowing out from all sides of these Ring mountains? A. There are seen streaks of light and shade radiating and spreading to a distance of several hundred miles. Q. What are these called? A. They are called radiating streaks. Q. How are they accounted for? A. They are considered by some to be streams of lava which have once flowed out in all directions from these volcanic mountains. Q. For what is Copernicus distinguished? A. It is one of the grandest of the Ring mountains. Q. What is the length of its diameter? A. It is fifty-six miles in diameter. Q. What is there peculiar in its formation? A. It has a central mountain, two of whose peaks are quite conspicuous. Q. How high does it rise and what is its form? A. It rises eleven thousand feet, and the summit is a narrow ridge, nearly circular in form. The Eclipses. Q. What is an Eclipse? A. It is an obstruction or obscurity of the light of the Sun or Moon by the interposition of some dark body between them and our sight. Q. What causes an Eclipse of the Moon? A. When the Moon, in its revolution around the Earth, passes i...
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