The moon hoax : or, A discovery that the moon has a vast population of human beings /

The moon hoax : or, A discovery that the moon has a vast population of human beings /

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Author / Creator:	Locke, Richard Adams, 1800-1871.
Imprint:	New York : W. Gowans, 1859.
Description:	vi, [7]-63 p. : incl. front. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Herschel, John F. W. -- (John Frederick William), -- Sir, -- 1792-1871 -- Fiction. Herschel, John F. W. -- (John Frederick William), -- 1792-1871 Great Moon Hoax. Astronomy -- Miscellanea. Great Moon Hoax. Moon -- Miscellanea. Science fiction. Voyages, Imaginary.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8462619

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Varying Form of Title:	Discovery that the moon has a vast population of human beings
Other authors / contributors:	Nicollet, J. N. (Joseph Nicolas), 1786-1843.
Notes:	A series of articles originally published in the Sun, August, 1835, under title, "Great astronomical discoveries", which purported to be an account of the discoveries of Sir John Herschel at the cape of Good Hope, and which pretended to be reprinted from a supplement to the Edinburgh journal of science (then defunct) Has been ascribed on insufficient evidence to Joseph Nicolas Nicollet. cf. Dict. Amer. biog. ; F. M. O'Brien, The story of the Sun (1918) p. 64-102.
Other form:	Online version: Locke, Richard Adams, 1800-1871. Moon hoax. New York : W. Gowans, 1859

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Item Description:	A series of articles originally published in the Sun, August, 1835, under title, "Great astronomical discoveries", which purported to be an account of the discoveries of Sir John Herschel at the cape of Good Hope, and which pretended to be reprinted from a supplement to the Edinburgh journal of science (then defunct) Has been ascribed on insufficient evidence to Joseph Nicolas Nicollet. cf. Dict. Amer. biog. ; F. M. O'Brien, The story of the Sun (1918) p. 64-102.
Physical Description:	vi, [7]-63 p. : incl. front. ; 25 cm.