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Lava flowing on the moon?
March 14, 2016 by TimHughes Email This Post
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It can be easy to understand the limits of astronomy prior to our modern age when you read a report like the one found in “The Bath Chronicle” from England, June 14, 1787, which reports an observation by one of the more noted astronomers of the era. It begins: “Our great astronomer Mr. Herschel has lately discovered three volcanoes in the moon. The principal one, which is now burning, ejects great quantities of smoke and lava…” (see image).
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Filed under: The 1700's, Unusual, Fun & Bizarre
Tagged: 1700's era, 1787, astronomy, Bath, England
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