Pictorial Guide to the Moon

Dinsmore Alter: Pictorial Guide to the Moon (1963, 1967, 1973)

(glossary entry)

Description

Well illustrated popular text. 
 
 

Additional Information

• Alter died in 1968, after preparing the 2nd edition.
• The 3rd edition was revised and expanded by Joseph H. Jackson.
• Contents:
  • Early Observations of the Lunar Surface
  • General Conditions at the Moon's Surface
  • Identification of Lunar Features
  • The Waxing Moon
  • The Full Moon
  • The Waning Moon
  • Copernicus Through the Month
  • Tycho Through the Month
  • Sunset on Ptolemaeus
  • The Nature of the Lunar Maria
  • The Nature of the Typical Mountain-Walled Plains
  • The Explosion of Craters
  • The Nature of the Domes and Small Craters of the Moon
  • The Nature of the Lunar Rays
  • Peculiar Features of the Surface
  • Residual Outgassing
  • Tides Today and Through the Ages
  • The Evolution of the Moon
  • Lunar Photographs from Space Vehicles (added in 2nd edition)
  • Lunar Photographs from the Surface (added in 3rd edition)
  • Man's Future on the Moon
  • Appendix
  • Glossary
  • Index

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Bibliography

• 1st edition published in 1963.
• 2nd edition published in 1967.
• Alter, Dinsmore, and Joseph Hollister Jackson. 1973. Pictorial guide to the moon. New York: Crowell (3rd Edition),

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