. St. Nicholas [serial]. Natureand Science OjssJKa I noticed how valuable was some water by moonlight, reflecting the light with a faint glimmering sheen, as in the springof the year. The water shines with an inward light, like a heaven on earth. — Thoreau. EARTHS NEAREST NEIGHBOR-THE MOON. How would you like to take a trip to themoon ? It would be a long journey, takingmore than six months, if you went with thespeed of an express train ; or if you traveledwith the swiftness of a ball froma modern cannon, it would takeabout as long as a trip acrossthe Atlantic in a fast average a
. St. Nicholas [serial]. Natureand Science OjssJKa I noticed how valuable was some water by moonlight, reflecting the light with a faint glimmering sheen, as in the springof the year. The water shines with an inward light, like a heaven on earth. — Thoreau. EARTHS NEAREST NEIGHBOR-THE MOON. How would you like to take a trip to themoon ? It would be a long journey, takingmore than six months, if you went with thespeed of an express train ; or if you traveledwith the swiftness of a ball froma modern cannon, it would takeabout as long as a trip acrossthe Atlantic in a fast average atmosphericconditions, a large telescopegives us a view of the moon asit would be without the tele-scope at a distance of eighthundred miles from us. The necessary outfit for thejourney must be much moreextensive than for any trip onthe earth, even the trip to theNorth Pole/ There will be nochance to live off the coun-try. In addition to warmclothing and food, you mustcarry with you all you need to. THE MOON AT ABOUT FOUR DAYSPAST NEW MOON. drink, and the problem of keeping it from freez-ing, or thawing it out if frozen, will not be aneasy one to solve. There is practically no airon the moon, and you must take along a supplyfor breathing. If you expect to make a fire andcook your dinner, you must take, in additionto fuel, an additional supply ofair to keep your fire going. But suppose that in someway you are landed on themoon with a supply of thingsnecessary for sustaining you are on a part of themoon on which the sun is shin-ing, you will marvel, perhaps,first of all, at the dazzling bril-liance of the sunlight and theintense blackness of the shad-ows. Everything in the shadewill be in almost total darkness,as there is no air filled with lit-tle dust particles to scatter thesunlight so that it may illumi-nate the places out of the directpath of its rays. NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. I I 29
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