Punch,  47 (1864), 143.

Advance in Astronomy

Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Astronomy, Societies


    Noting that a paper on 'The Invisible Part of the Moon's Surface' was presented to the British Association for the Advancement of Science (a version of which was published as Webb 1865), surmises that 'For all that appears to the contrary' that side of the moon may be made of 'green cheese'.



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