THE MOON

A FULL DESCRIPTION AND MAP OF ITS PRINCIPAL PHYSICAL FEATURES


BY

THOMAS GWYN ELGER, F.R.A.S.

DIRECTOR OF THE LUNAR SECTION OF THE BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION
EX-PRESIDENT LIVERPOOL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY


"Altri fiumi, altri laghi, altre campagne
Sono la su che non son qui tra noi,
Altri piani, altre valli, altre montagne."
ORLANDO FURIOSO, Canto xxxii.


LONDON GEORGE PHILIP & SON,
32 FLEET STREET, E.C.
LIVERPOOL: 45 TO 51 SOUTH CASTLE STREET
1895


PREFACE


This book and the accompanying map is chiefly intended for the use of
lunar observers, but it is hoped it may be acceptable to many who, though