The Moon: A Popular Treatise

by Garrett Putman Serviss

• Abenezra, [205].
• Abulfeda, [200].
• Air on the moon, [230].
• Albategnius, [78].
• Aliacensis, [78], [205].
• Almamon, [205].
• Alps, [97].
  • remarkable valley in, [225].
• Altai Mountains, [72], [200].
  • chain of small craters near, [200].
• Animal life on the moon, [228].
• Apennines, [10], [96], [104], [137], [143], [222], [232].
• Apennines and Caucasus, strait between, [234].
• Apianus, [205].
• Archimedes, 143, [232].
• Aristarchus, [117], [153].
  • astonishing brilliance of, [112].
  • cause of brilliance of, [155].
  • possible composition of, [113].
• Aristoteles, [76], [138].
• Atlas, [70].
• Atmosphere, lunar, [31].
  • disappearance of, [228].
  • what has become of it, [32].
• Atmospheres, how they may grow or decrease, [230].
• Azophi, [205].
• Barry, [189].
• “Bay of Rainbows,” [109], [111], [142], [157], [158].
• Bessel, [221].
• Bianchini, [110].
• Birt, [188].
• Blancanus, [78], [194].
• Bonpland, [189].
• Bubbles on the moon, [186].
• Bullialdus, [180]-[182], [183].
  • mountains near, [183].
• Byrgius, [147].
• Calippus, [223].
• Campanus, [185].
• Capuanus, [185], [196].
• Carpathian Mountains, [215].
• Cassini, [225].
• Catharina, [72], [138], [199], [206].
  • remarkable valleys near, [199]-[200].
• Caucasus Mountains, [97], [223].
• Caucasus and Apennines, strait between, [234].
• “Cavern life” on moon, [229].
• Cichus, [185], [196].
• Clavius, [99], [101], [146], [192].
  • length of great wall of, [193].
• Cleft near shore of Mare Nubium, [186].
• Clefts on moon, resemblance of, to geological “faults,” [187].
• Cleomedes, [56].
• Color on moon, [155].
• Colorado Cañon, possible likeness of, to cleft on moon, [118].
• Copernicus, [102], [211].
  • an argument for the volcanic theory, [212].
  • buried ring near, [217]-[218].
  • crater pits near, [213].
  • hexagonal form of, [212].
• Craters, lunar, formation of, ascribed to falling masses, [201].
  • theory of, advanced by W. K. Gilbert, [200].
• Cyrillus, [72], [138], [199], [206], [210].
• “Dark woman” in moon, [133].
• Darwin, Prof. George, [6].
• Dawes, [224].
• Day and night on moon, [63].
• Day on moon, length of, [95].
• Earth, light of, on moon, [50].
  • shadow of, effects of, as shown by Prof. William H. Pickering, [28].
  • shadow of, its size and length, [18].
• Eclipse, lunar, [17]-[18].
  • earth’s atmosphere and, [27].
  • moon visible during, [26].
• Eclipses, lunar, colors visible during, [29].
  • fix historic dates, [29].
  • number of, in year, [42].
  • when annular, [41].
• Eclipses, why they do not occur every month, [38].
  • solar, different from lunar, [27].
  • number of, in year, [42].
  • why of greater scientific value than lunar, [28].
• Endymion, [70], [132].
• Eratosthenes, [104].
• Eudoxus, [76], [138].
• Fracastorius, [73].
• Fra Mauro, [189].
• Full Moon in winter, why it runs high, [170].
• Furnerius, [63].
• Gases, escape of, from moon, [229].
  • from planets, [33].
  • molecular velocity of, [33], [229].
• Gassendi, [117].
• Gauricus, [196].
• Gay Lussac, [216].
• Gemma Frisius, [202].
• “Geology” of moon, [67].
• “Giantism” on the moon, [193].
• Gilbert, W. K., theory of lunar craters advanced by, [200].
• Gravitation on moon, [34]-[36].
• Grimaldi, [121], [132].
• Hæmus Mountains, [92], [220].
• Hansen, theory of, in regard to the other side of moon, [139].
• Harbinger Mountains, [118].
• “Harvest Moon,” [171].
• Heat of moon compared with that of sun, [164].
• Helen of Troy, [92].
• Hell, [196].
• Hercules, [70].
• Herodotus, [112], [158].
  • cleft near, [118].
• Herschel, Sir William, his supposed discovery of active lunar volcano, [112].
• Hipparchus, [78].
• Hoar frost on moon, [34].
• “Hunter’s Moon,” [171].
• Inhabitants of moon, [31]-[32], [88], [95].
  • would not be visible with most powerful telescope, [120].
  • why they might be giants, [193].
• Kepler, [114], [141], [152].
• Kies, [185].
• Lacus Somniorum, [93], [219].
• Landsberg, [217].
• Langrenus, [56], [123], [132].
• Lava floods on moon, [73], [152].
• Libration, effects of, on visibility of parts of moon, [57]-[58], Note.
• Life on the moon, [230].
• Light of moon compared with that of sun, [163].
• Lindenau, [202].
• Linné, changes in, [233].
  • observations of, by Professor Pickering, [233].
  • observations of, by Schmidt, [233].
• Loewy and Puiseux, opinion of, on lunar “seas,” [220].
• Longomontanus, [101], [146], [150], [195].
• Lubiniesky, [184].
• Lunar charts, their relative accuracy, [161].
• Lunar history, [62].
• Lunar month, [12].
• Lunar nomenclature, [59], [147].
  • number of objects bearing names, [161].
  • singularity of, [203].
• Lunar plains, darkening of, near sunset, [144].
• Lunar sickle, rule to determine position of, [168].
• Lunar vegetation, [32].
• Maginus, [100], [146], [196].
• Manilius, [122], [222].
• Marco Polo, [222].
• Mare Crisium, [52], [55].
• Mare Fœcunditatis, [65].
• Mare Frigoris, [76].
• Mare Humorum, [106], [117], [150].
• Mare Imbrium, [103], [142], [144], [224].
  • irregularities in the floor of, [232].
  • islands in, [231].
• Mare Nectaris, [68], [135].
• Mare Nubium, [102], [148], [180].
• Mare Serenitatis, [74], [135], [219], [232].
  • bordering cliffs of, [220].
  • ridges in the floor of, [234].
• Mare Tranquillitatis, [74], [135].
• Mare Vaporum, [103].
• “Marsh of a Dream,” [68], [91].
• Mass of moon, [35].
• Maurolycus, [75], [142], [204].
• Menelaus, [92], [221].
• Mercator, [185].
• Month, lunar, [12].
• Moon, birth of, and Pacific Ocean, [6].
  • distance of, from earth, [8].
  • greatest distance of, from earth, [8].
  • influence of, on growth of vegetation, [163].
  • least distance of, from earth, [8].
  • life on, [230].
  • other side of, [139].
  • seen by daylight, [149].
  • separation of, from the earth, [6].
  • turning of same face of, toward earth, [19].
• Moon and earthquakes, [165].
• Moon and the weather, [164].
• Moon and volcanoes, [165].
• “Moon Maiden,” [10], [96], [103], [122].
• Mount Hadley, [222].
• New Moon, photograph of, [49].
• New Moon and the weather, [169].
• Newton, deepest crater on moon, [107].
• Nicollet, [188].
• Night, advance of, over moon, [131].
  • length of, on moon, [95].
  • lunar, coldness of, [136].
• Nodes of moon and their revolution, [38]-[39].
• Oceanus Procellarum, [105], [150].
  • submerged rays in, [151].
• Orbit of moon, [8].
• Origin of moon, [6].
• Pacific Ocean and birth of moon, [6].
• Palus Somnii, [68].
• Path of moon about sun, [16]-[17], Note.
• Petavius, [62], [123].
• Phases of moon explained, [13]-[16].
• Phlægrean Fields, [60].
• Photographs, lunar, [47]-[49].
  • in series, [57].
  • peculiar tone of, [145].
  • why they are reversed, [52].
• Photometry, lunar, [153]-[154].
• Piccolomini, [72], [200].
• Pickering, Prof. William H., observations of Linné by, [233].
  • on effects of earth’s shadow on moon, [28].
  • opinion of, regarding changes in Plato, [226].
  • theory of Tycho’s rays by, [126].
• Pico, [231].
• Pitatus, [186], [195].
• Plato, [105], [114], [132], [225].
  • changes observed in, opinion of Prof. William H. Pickering regarding, [226].
  • vegetation in, [227].
• Plinius, [224].
• Poetry of the moon, [96].
• Posidonius, [224].
• Prism binoculars for viewing moon, [122].
• Proclus, [68].
  • remarkable brilliance of, [90].
• Projectile force on moon, [37].
• Promontorium Ænarium, [189].
• Promontory Acherusia, [224].
• Promontory Heraclides, [109].
• Promontory Laplace, [109].
• Ptolemæus, [98].
• Pytheas, [216].
• Rabbi Levi, [202].
• Reinhold, [217].
• Riccioli, nomenclature of, for lunar objects, [69].
• Rings, ranges of, on moon, [97]-[98].
• Riphæan Mountains, [190].
• Rotation of moon “braked” by tides, [20].
• Rotation of moon, illustrated, [19]-[20].
• Sacrobosco, [206].
• Schickard, [115].
• Schmidt, observation of Linné by, [233].
• Schröter, “lunar city” discovered by, [218].
• “Seas,” lunar, character of beds of, [142].
• Shadow of moon during eclipse, [40].
  • length of, [40].
• Shadows on moon, topography revealed by, [100]-[101].
  • used to measure heights on moon, [63].
• Sidereal revolution of moon, [11].
• Sinus Æstuum, [103].
• Sinus Iridum, [109].
• Sinus Medii, [103].
• Sinus Roris, [159].
• Size of moon, [8].
• Sky as seen from moon, [29].
• Snow, can it exist on the moon? [69].
• Snow, non-existence of, on moon, [69].
• South polar region of moon, [77].
• South pole of moon, [106].
• Stadius, [218].
• Stöfler, [75].
  • row of rings near, [204].
• “Straight wall,” [187].
• Strait between Apennines and Caucasus, [234].
• Sulpicius Gallus, [222].
• Sunrise, slow progress of, on moon, [94].
• Sunshine, effects of, when vertical on moon, [100].
• Surface of moon, nature of, [9].
  • size of, [9].
• Synodic revolution of, [11]-[12].
• Tacitus, [200].
• Telescopic power, limits of, [120].
• Teneriffe Mountains, [231].
• “Terminator,” meaning of, [63].
• Theætetus, [225].
• Theophilus, [71], [138], [198], [206].
  • crater pits near, [211].
  • grandeur of appearance of, when highly magnified, [207].
  • great mountain fold near, [207]-[208].
  • what would be seen from wall of, near sunset, [208].
• Tidal attraction, forcing moon away in reaction of, [6].
• “Tidal friction,” [20].
• Tides, causing of, by moon and sun, [21].
  • effect of earth’s rotation on, [25].
  • service rendered by, [22].
  • simultaneous occurrence of, on opposite sides of earth, [23].
  • when highest, [21].
  • when lowest, [22].
• Twilight, why none on moon, [64].
• Tycho, [10], [98], [106], [146], [191].
  • longest ray of, [93], [221].
  • ray system of, [124].
  • rays of, [99].
    • theory of Nasmyth, [124]-[125].
    • theory of Pickering, [126].
• Vegetation on moon, [32], [115], [142], [144], [227].
• Vendelinus, [59], [123].
• Venus seen by daylight, [149].
• Verne, Jules, “Trip to the Moon,” [4].
• Volcanic craters on moon, [60].
• Volcanoes, lunar, [54].
  • contrasted with those of earth, [84].
  • effects of gravitation on size of, [86].
• Water on the moon, [53].
• “Weathering” on the moon, [197].
• Weight on the moon, [36].
• Werner, [78], [205].
• Wilhelm I., [102], [195].
• Zagut, [202].

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