The celebrated "moon story" its origin and incidents : with a memoir of the author and an appendix, containing, I. An authentic description of the moon : II. A new theory of the lunar surface in relation to that of the earth /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Locke, Richard Adams, 1800-1871.
Imprint:	New York : Bunnell and Price, 1852 [i.e., 1853?]
Description:	143 p. ; 17 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Herschel, John F. W. -- (John Frederick William), -- Sir, -- 1792-1871 -- Anecdotes. Locke, Richard Adams, -- 1800-1871. Moon -- Anecdotes. Astronomy -- Anecdotes.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8650216

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	Moon hoax
Other title:	Moon hoax.
Other authors / contributors:	Griggs, William N. Nicollet, J. N. (Joseph Nicolas), 1786-1843.
Notes:	A series of articles by Richard Adams Locke originally published in the New York sun, August, 1835, under the 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 insufficent evidence to Joseph Nicolas Nicollet. Date of publication on cover: 1853. Reproduction of original from Huntington Library. Sabin no. 28839. RLIN, CTRG04-B334 Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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