The moon hoax : or, A discovery that the moon has a vast population of human beings
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63 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm - Publisher: New York : William Gowans, 1859.
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General Note: | A series of articles originally published in the Sun, August, 1835, under title, "Great astronomical discoveries", which purported to be an account of the discoveries of Sir John Herschel at the cape of Good Hope, and which pretended to be reprinted from a supplement to the Edinburgh journal of science (then defunct) Has been ascribed on insufficient evidence to Joseph Nicolas Nicollet. cf. Dict. Amer. biog. ; F. M. O'Brien, The story of the Sun (1918) pages 64-102. "Illustrated with a View of the Moon, as seen by Lord Rosse's telescope." |
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Subject: | Great Moon Hoax Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William) -- 1792-1871 -- Fiction Astronomy -- Miscellanea Moon -- Miscellanea |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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State Library of Massachusetts | QB581.9 .L63 1859 (Text) | 36855002288012 | Stacks | Ask Your Library | - |
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