Moon Collection (page 26)

Fruit Bats / R. E. H. Artist
Fruit bats hanging in trees and flying during a full moon

Great Moon Hoax
THE GREAT MOON HOAX A scene of life on the Moon, alleged to have been observed by Herschel through his telescope; it was a journalists fabrication

Japanese Garden Warblers
Two Japanese Garden Warblers among rose trees by moonlight

Mock Moons (Cig Card)
Mock moons - a striking halo effect with concentric rings and partial reflections of both. Such sight have been observed at both Poles

Lunar Corona (Cig Card)
Lunar corona observed over a sea-coast where a warship is wandering

Harvest by Moonlight
When the Harvest Moon is at its full, farmers can carry on harvesting till late in the evening

The Moons Surface
The Moons surface, spattered with rocks and the craters of extinct volcanoes, testifying to a more violent past than the present appearance suggests

Moon / Lunar Craters
Lunar craters

Moon / Forming Crater
The stages of formation of a lunar crater

Cooking on the Moon may prove a problem to astronauts, but perhaps solar heating could provide the power ?

Uncle Tom / Reads Bible
The silver fair browed moon rose in the purple sky & looked down on the black man, as he sat, with his arms folded, & his Bible on his knee

Girls and Boys (Kate G)
Girls and boys, come out and play, the moon doth shine as bright as day... leave your supper and lave your sleep

New York / Woolworth Bldg
A New York skyscraper: Woolworth Building by night

Norwegian St in Snow
A full moon illuminates a snow-covered Norwegian street at night

Night Diligence / Spain
Night Diligence between Gerona and Perpignan

Landing on the Moon
Spaceship Landing on the Moon Date: Circa 1950

Tom Thumb and Giant
He is deposited by a raven on the walls of Old Grumbo the giants castle

Festival Radio Telescope
The huge " Radio Telescope", visible for miles, a futuristic lighthouse for projecting messages to the moon. It was actually the Shot Tower, an old London landmark

Matilda Escapes / Smirke
Empress Matilda, daughter of Henry I, imprisoned by Stephen in Oxford Castle, escapes in white clothing over ice and snow to Wallingford, Oxon

Ballet Offenbach 1892
Scene from the Ballet de la Neige, in Offenbachs La Voyage dans la Lune

Blunt / Parhelia (2) Pl 96
Seen with a halo - an extensive luminous ring most commonly seen about the moon. Here it is shown about the sun, and you can see a rainbow

Blunt / Horizontal Moon
The horizontal moon over a city river and bridge

Blunt / Constitution / Moon
The constitution of the moon

Moon - Fracastorius
The moons surface showing Fracastorius - a spot on the south-western part of the moons disc

Moon - Kepler
The moons surface showing Kepler - a spot of remarkable brilliancy

BLUNT / MOONs ECLIPSE / 57
A diagram showing an eclipse of the moon

Blunt / Waning Moon / Pl 19
The waning moon shown over a mountainous landscape

Blunt / Crescent Moon / Pl17
The crescent moon - a view over a landscape

Blunt / Suns Disc / Plate 7
The nomenclature of the lunar spots

Volcano and Eclipse
An eclipse of the moon seen above a smoking volcano

Man in Moon (Anon)
The man who lives in the Moon is busy with his housekeeping

Lunar Influences
The Influence of the Moon on the Heads of Women a 17th century caricature which manages to be both politically incorrect and scientifically doubtful

Earth Seen from Moon
seen above the Mountains of the Moon

Blunt / The Cause of Tides
High and low tides are caused by the combined attraction of the Sun and Earths Moon

Looking at the Moon
A group of amateur astronomers look through a telescope at the moon and see a face in it (illustration to the fable, An animal in the moon )

Andersen Elf Hill Clarke
Three mysterious women float above the hill

Dog Bays at Full Moon
A dog howls at the Full Moon

Kaffir Moon Worship
The full moon strikes awe in the minds of devout Kaffirs, who pay homage to Earths satellite with ritual dances and incantations

Street Telescope Exhibitor A young boy steps up for a telescopic view of the moon

Earths Moon
Earths moon seen from Earth

Incas and Eclipse
Incas lament the vanishing moon

Kelpie Scares Man / Anon
A water kelpie appears in the water taking a passing gentleman by surprise - Kelpies generally frequent Scottish waters and often appear in human or equine form

Aborigines Dancing 1850S
Aboriginals performing a Corroboree or native dance

Eclipse from Moon
Solar eclipse by the Earth, observed from Earths Moon

Eclipse Seen by Columbus
Eclipse seen by Columbus

Spirit of Nature (Sibly)
The UNIVERSAL SPIRIT OF NATURE, life perpetually renewed in her womb, and with the sun, moon and all creation subject to her rule

Cow Jumped Moon / Diddle
The cow jumped over the moon

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