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1.  The First Men in the Moon / Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946
   in the way of ants, for example, so that they could hide in deep burrows from the lunar light, or some new ... of frozen air. So it was at first; and then, sudden, swift, and amazing, came the lunar day. The sunlight  details...
   • creator(s) - Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946
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   • subject(s) - cavor; selenites; lunar; moon; sphere; grand lunar; selenites; moon; sphere; grand lunar; cavor; lunar;
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2.  or, Memoirs of Sundry Transactions from the World in the Moon / Defoe, Daniel, 1661-1731
   , Memoirs of Sundry Transactions From the World in the Moon. Translated from the Lunar Language ... prevailed with him to stay and improve his Subjects, in the most exquisite Accomplishments of those Lunar  details...
   • creator(s) - Defoe, Daniel, 1661-1731
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   • subject(s) - lunar; publick; moon; prince; feathers; lunar world; king; engine; feathers; lunar world; engine; moon; publick; king; prince; lunar;
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3.  All Around the Moon / Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
   OF THE MOON XI. FACT AND FANCY XII. A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF THE LUNAR MOUNTAINS XIII. LUNAR LANDSCAPES ... in 97 hours, 13 minutes and 20 seconds, consequently reaching the Lunar surface precisely at midnight  details...
   • creator(s) - Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
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   • subject(s) - ardan; barbican; projectile; lunar; moon; replied barbican; asked ardan; captain; surface; observed barbican; replied ardan; answered barbican; lunar surface; asked m'nicholl; observed ardan; observed m'nicholl; asked barbican; surface; projectile; asked barbican; asked m'nicholl; asked ardan; moon; captain; lunar surface; barbican; ardan; observed m'nicholl; replied ardan; observed barbican; replied barbican; answered barbican; lunar; observed ardan;
   • title - All Around the Moon
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4.  Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy / Airy, George Biddell, 1801-1892
   's Astronomy 1st Edition), the rainbow, plans for anemometer and for a wind-pumping machine, clearing lunars ... , Spherical pendulum, Equation b squared(d squaredy/dx squared)=(d squaredy/dt squared), barometer, Lunar  details...
   • creator(s) - Airy, George Biddell, 1801-1892
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   • subject(s) - observatory; greenwich; astr; playford; royal observatory; airy; cambridge; astronomer royal; admiralty; nov; lunar; feb; jan; astronomer; royal; lunar theory; sept; june; greenwich observatory; george biddell; cambridge observatory; transit; mar; biddell; feb; sept; greenwich observatory; mar; astronomer royal; astr; astronomer; biddell; transit; nov; playford; greenwich; observatory; jan; cambridge observatory; lunar theory; admiralty; royal; george biddell; airy; june; lunar; cambridge; royal observatory;
   • title - Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy
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5.  The Moon-Voyage / Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
   OF DEVIATION X. THE OBSERVERS OF THE MOON XI. IMAGINATION AND REALITY XII. OROGRAPHICAL DETAILS XIII. LUNAR ... at all, and if it clears that point it will fall on to the moon only by the effect of lunar gravitation  details...
   • creator(s) - Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
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   • subject(s) - barbicane; michel ardan; ardan; projectile; michel; maston; nicholl; answered barbicane; lunar; moon; gun club; president barbicane; lunar disc; tampa town; answered michel; gun; answered nicholl; president; club; resumed barbicane; cambridge observatory;; tampa town; answered michel; barbicane; club; michel; answered nicholl; projectile; lunar disc; president barbicane; president; resumed barbicane; moon; cambridge observatory;; answered barbicane; gun; ardan; nicholl; michel ardan; gun club; lunar; maston;
   • title - The Moon-Voyage
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6.  From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon / Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
   and Reality XII. Orographic Details XIII. Lunar Landscapes XIV. The Night of Three Hundred and Fifty ... , if it passes that point, it will fall into the moon by the sole effect of the lunar attraction. The theoretical  details...
   • creator(s) - Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
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   • subject(s) - barbicane; michel ardan; ardan; projectile; michel; maston; nicholl; replied barbicane; lunar; moon; gun club; president barbicane; exclaimed michel; replied michel; tampa town; gun; lunar disc; president; club; asked barbicane; replied nicholl; tampa town; barbicane; club; michel; asked barbicane; replied michel; projectile; lunar disc; president barbicane; president; replied barbicane; moon; gun; ardan; exclaimed michel; nicholl; replied nicholl; michel ardan; gun club; lunar; maston;
   • title - From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon
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7.  Operation: Outer Space / Leinster, Murray, [pseud.], 1896-1975
   legman--to take the moon-rocket to Lunar City, and he'd been informed of it just thirty minutes ago ... --running at a slight loss--and various other fine achievements. There was even a nightclub in Lunar City where one  details...
   • creator(s) - Leinster, Murray, [pseud.], 1896-1975
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   • subject(s) - cochrane; babs; johnny simms; holden; dabney; dabney field; jones; ship; lunar city; johnny simms'; space; cochrane told; babs; lunar city; ship; cochrane told; cochrane; dabney field; holden; space; johnny simms; jones; johnny simms'; dabney;
   • title - Operation: Outer Space
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8.  Other Worlds Their Nature, Possibilities and Habitability in the Light of the Latest Discoveries / Serviss, Garrett P. (Garrett Putman), 1851-1929
   --Difference between lunar and terrestrial volcanoes--Mountain-ringed valleys--Gigantic cracks in the lunar globe ... occurring--Is there vegetation on the moon?--Lunar day and night--The earth as seen from the moon  details...
   • creator(s) - Serviss, Garrett P. (Garrett Putman), 1851-1929
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   • subject(s) - planet; venus; jupiter; mercury; lunar; saturn; planets; moon; mars; rotation; orbit; solar; surface; atmosphere; globe; earth; sun; solar system; miles; surface; saturn; jupiter; earth; atmosphere; miles; rotation; solar system; moon; sun; planets; solar; orbit; mars; venus; planet; mercury; globe; lunar;
   • title - Other Worlds Their Nature, Possibilities and Habitability in the Light of the Latest Discoveries
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9.  History of Astronomy / Forbes, George, 1849-1936
   , to correct the lunar tables of Hansen, and to find a more accurate value for the secular acceleration ... , for example. We do know this, that all nations required to have a calendar. The solar year, the lunar month  details...
   • creator(s) - Forbes, George, 1849-1936
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   • subject(s) - solar; tycho; tycho brahe; astronomy; spectrum; orbit; brahe; parallax; kepler; herschel; copernicus; planet; planets; comet; lunar; solar system; telescope; observatory; newton; astronomers; stars; motion; gravitation; comets; astronomer; jupiter; astron; astronomers; herschel; jupiter; tycho; comets; spectrum; stars; astronomy; astronomer; gravitation; solar system; telescope; planets; solar; astron; observatory; comet; newton; orbit; tycho brahe; planet; motion; brahe; copernicus; parallax; kepler; lunar;
   • title - History of Astronomy
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10.  History of the planetary systems from Thales to Kepler. / Dreyer, J. L. E. (John Louis Emil), 1852-1926
    ; that the Egyptians knew that Mercury and Venus move round the sun ; that the lunar variation was discovered by Abu ... . THE PTOLEMAIC SYSTEM. Ptolemy Lunar theory Theories of the five planets Motion in latitude Precession  details...
    • creator(s) - Dreyer, J. L. E. (John Louis Emil), 1852-1926
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    • publisher - Cambridge University Press 1906
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    • subject(s) - astronomy history; solar system; copernicus; planets; ptolemy; motion; sphere; plato; planet; moon; earth; theory; centre; spheres; sun; system; homocentric spheres; ptolemaic system; medieval cosmology; stars; astronomy history; plato; ptolemy; stars; solar system; sun; homocentric spheres; planets; system; sphere; planet; motion; spheres; earth; centre; theory; moon; medieval cosmology; copernicus; ptolemaic system;
    • title - History of the planetary systems from Thales to Kepler.
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