The mechanics of the moon : dedicated to the astronomers and astrophysicists . FIG. 16 easterly deluge the partial destruction andfurrowing* of the Caucasus helong to thedeluge current, which took a northerly direc- 56 CONCEENING THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE MOON. tion from the Altai-mountains. From thestructure of the Caucasus it can he seen at. PIG. 17 once, that it is not homogeneous hut asponge-like mass with man}^ buhhles. It isnot excluded, that channels run through the CONCERNING THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE MOON. 57 mass. Between the Cassini and the crossingvalley is a swollen-iip mass which through
The mechanics of the moon : dedicated to the astronomers and astrophysicists . FIG. 16 easterly deluge the partial destruction andfurrowing* of the Caucasus helong to thedeluge current, which took a northerly direc- 56 CONCEENING THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE MOON. tion from the Altai-mountains. From thestructure of the Caucasus it can he seen at. PIG. 17 once, that it is not homogeneous hut asponge-like mass with man}^ buhhles. It isnot excluded, that channels run through the CONCERNING THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE MOON. 57 mass. Between the Cassini and the crossingvalley is a swollen-iip mass which through-out is covered with bumps, it is simihir to theSinus Iridum. The rea] genetic boundary ofthe Mare Imbrium Iuns in the direction Plato-Cassini-Caucasus-Apennines-Eratostenes. Fig. 1 8. The Apennines and the largecraterformations in front of them belong tothe most interesting parts of the extension of the Mare Imbrium under-mined, apparently without much resistance,the expanded masses of the Apennines, whichnaturally were less cooled in the a re-melting of the broken-down rocksthe temperature of the mareflow Avas nolonger sufiicient. The deluge, also here fur-rowed over the surface of the mountains asin the Caucasus. These furrows continuethrough the fallen masses; the Archimedesreceived through a south
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