The lunar Apennines, Archemedes, &c., page, photomechanical print, number: 'Plate IX.', inscription: 'Scale.', name: 'Published by John Murray, Albemarle Street Piccadilly.', photographer: James Nasmyth, United Kingdom, cliché maker: anonymous, printer (person): Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, publisher: John Murray, London, c. 1870 - in or before 1873, printer (person), paper, Woodburytype, Woodburytypepie, height 200 mm x width 161 mm, Print for page 101., mountains, surface of the moon, Montes Apenninus, A grayscale aerial-style image of a rough, cratered surface with varied textures and shadows, showing raised rocky ridges, steep shadowed peaks, circular depressions with raised rims, scattered small pits, and elongated shadowed spires; the surface alternates between smoother flat areas and heavily pitted, rugged terrain, with fractures or faint linear grooves crossing parts of the scene, all framed by a pale border around the image.
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The lunar Apennines, Archemedes, &c., page, photomechanical print, number: 'Plate IX.', inscription: 'Scale.', name: 'Published by John Murray, Albemarle Street Piccadilly.', photographer: James Nasmyth, United Kingdom, cliché maker: anonymous, printer (person): Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, publisher: John Murray, London, c. 1870 - in or before 1873, printer (person), paper, Woodburytype, Woodburytypepie, height 200 mm x width 161 mm, Print for page 101., mountains, surface of the moon, Montes Apenninus, A grayscale aerial-style image of a rough, cratered surface with varied textures and shadows, showing raised rocky ridges, steep shadowed peaks, circular depressions with raised rims, scattered small pits, and elongated shadowed spires; the surface alternates between smoother flat areas and heavily pitted, rugged terrain, with fractures or faint linear grooves crossing parts of the scene, all framed by a pale border around the image.

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lunar Apennines Archemedes &c page photomechanical print number Plate IX inscription Scale name Published John Murray Albemarle Street Piccadilly photographer James Nasmyth United Kingdom cliché maker anonymous printer person Vincent Brooks Day & Son publisher London c 1870 - 1873 paper Woodburytype Woodburytypepie height 200 mm x width 161 mm Print page 101 mountains surface moon Montes Apenninus grayscale aerial-style image rough cratered surface varied textures shadows showing raised rocky ridges steep shadowed peaks circular depressions raised rims scattered small pits elongated spires surface alternates smoother flat areas heavily pitted rugged terrain fractures faint linear grooves crossing parts scene framed pale border image

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