From Nature Magazine November 9th 1871
Mr Rutherford of New York, the most eminent American amateur
astronomer, and especially known for his magnificent photographs of celestial
bodies, has lately presented to Mr Brothers of Manchester an English
astronomical photographer, three superb negatives of the moon- one representing
her in the first quarter, one when full and one in the third quarter; and it is
proposed to publish these in a volume containing about one hundred pages of
descriptive letterpress.
The work will also contain a map of the Moon, as we see her,
and a chart, on the stereographic projection, showing the true shape and the
relative dimensions of all the chief lunar features. The letterpress, map and
stereographic chart will be prepared by Mr Proctor; the photographs by Mr
Brothers. The work will be got out on a magnificent scale, and sold at a guinea
and a half.
www.theramblingastronomer.co.uk
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