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The Romance of the Moon

           Atlength,thankstomodernart,instrumentsofstillhigherperfectionsearchedthemoonwithoutintermission,notleavingasinglepointofhersurfaceunexplored;andnotwithstandingthatherdiametermeasures2,150miles,hersurfaceequalstheone-fifteenthpartofthatofourglobe,andherbulktheone-forty-ninthpartofthatoftheterrestrialspheroidnotoneofhersecretswasabletoescapetheeyesoftheastronomers;andtheseskillfulmenofsciencecarriedtoanevengreaterdegreetheirprodigiousobservations.

           Thustheyremarkedthat,duringfullmoon,thediscappearedscoredincertainpartswithwhitelines;and,duringthephases,withblack.Onprosecutingthestudyofthesewithstillgreaterprecision,theysucceededinobtaininganexactaccountofthenatureoftheselines.Theywerelongandnarrowfurrowssunkbetweenparallelridges,borderinggenerallyupontheedgesofthecraters.Theirlengthvariedbetweentenand100miles,andtheirwidthwasabout1,600yards.Astronomerscalledthemchasms,buttheycouldnotgetanyfurther.Whetherthesechasmswerethedried-upbedsofancientriversornottheywereunablethoroughlytoascertain.

           TheAmericans,amongothers,hopedonedayorothertodeterminethisgeologicalquestion.Theyalsoundertooktoexaminethetruenatureofthatsystemofparallelrampartsdiscoveredonthemoon’ssurfacebyGruithuysen,alearnedprofessorofMunich,whoconsideredthemtobe"asystemoffortificationsthrownupbytheSeleniticengineers."

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