10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOCK MOON»
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mock moon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Arctic Expedition: Further Correspondence and Proceedings ...
On each side of the moon, on the outer edges of the ring, was a mock moon,
tolerably well defined, and each throwing a slight light to the eastward. From
these extended a horizontal halo at about 35° elevation, and apparently quite
parallel to ...
Great Britain. Admiralty, Edwin Jesse De Haven, 1852
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The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and ...
A brilliant mock-moon, a, of a silvery colour, shone out of the lunar halo b on the
W. side, and a little below the level of the moon. Also three arcs of inverted
rainbows, c, d and e, appeared; the first, c, within the lunar halo b, and nearly at
the ...
METEOROLOGY. At Tunbridge Wells, on the night of Wednesday the 30th of July
, about half after eleven o'clock, appeared a beautiful paraselene, or mock moon.
It was at the distance of about 25 degrees south of the moon, and was highly ...
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The American Practical Navigator - Bowditch
Also called MOCK MOON. paraselenic circle. A halo consisting of a faint white
circle through the moon and parallel to the horizon. It is produced by reflection of
moonlight from vertical faces of ice crystals. A similar circle through the sun is ...
Nathaniel Bowditch, National Imagery and Mapping Agency, 2002
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The Illustrated London News
A brilliant mock- moon, a a, of a silvery tint, shone out of the lunar halo, b h, on
the west side, a little below the horizontal level of the moon. Also, three arcs of
inverted rainbows, c c,d d, and e e, appeared; the first c c, within the lunar halo, 6
b, ...
6
A Treatise on Atmospheric Phenomena
phenomenon took place ; a brilliant mock moon a, ( Fig. 3 ) of a silvery color,
shone out of the lunar halo b, on the W. side, and a little below the level of the
moon. Also, three inverted arcs of halos, c, d, and e, bearing a striking
resemblance to ...
7
Dictionary of the Synonymous Words and Technical Terms in ...
Mock fight on horseback, just ; mock fight or assault, feint, joust ; mock moon,
paraselene. MOCKER Y./.Derision,flout,illusion,irony. MOCKING, p. Act of
mocking, irrision, subsannation, MODE. s. Relating to a mode, vogue, modal.
MODEL. s.
James Leslie (of Edinburgh.), 1806
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Account Of An Expedition From Pittsburgh To The Rocky ...
From each mock moon there projected a cone of light, “has? vertices were
directed from the moon. Soon after these appeared two more cones issuing from
the moon, one on each side of her in a horizontal direction. The length of the one
...
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The Edinburgh encyclopaedia
In the upper part, where these collateral arches concurred, there was another
arch inverted and variously coloured, with a third mock moon in the middle of it,
and somewhat duller than the other two. Moreover, what was very extraordinary,
...
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Philosophical Transactions to the Year ____ Abridged and ...
Mock-moon, orparaselnn, ii. 483. Mock-sun," or balvz ii. 481. v - Moon eclipsed, i.
89, 90, 91, 92, 94. St' ' Eclipse. ' Moon's acceleration, i. 78. Motion, i. 84. Men/7:
sstrangula'toriur, iii. 959. Mortality bills, iii. 1219. Moss, moving in Lancashire, ii.
Royal Society (Great Britain), 1756
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MOCK MOON»
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Reimagined 'Cats' is energetic, colorful
... back alleys of the original, the backdrop is a rainbow of colors, with a series of circles decorating the back walls as well as a mock moon/sun. «Quad City Times, Jun 15»
Mansfield and Ashfield's fascination with the sky
One instance was on Sunday 12th June 1870 when a mock moon was observed at Ollerton at 9.45pm. It was to the left of the moon and “of a ... «Mansfield Chad, Jan 14»
Mock Mars Mission: Mars Society Eyes Training Program In Arctic To …
... in mock Mars rover challenge · NASA ponders food supply for 2030s mission · NASA Builds Mock Moon 'Roverscape' for Robot Driving Tests. «Huffington Post, Jun 13»
NASA Builds Mock Moon 'Roverscape' for Robot Driving Tests
A unique "roverscape" has been created to help assess the blending of human and robotic skills in deploying a low-radio frequency array on ... «Space.com, May 13»
Law & Order star Richard Belzer claims he's entitled to give Nazi …
Richard was hamming it up throughout the event and was constantly pulling funny faces, even giving a mock moon to the cameras. It remains to ... «Daily Mail, Jun 12»
MIT Hacks Live On
The MIT Dome dressed up as R2D2 from Star Wars. A mock moon lander on top of the dome. Even better, an MIT police car on top of the dome. «WBUR, Apr 11»
NASA's Moonbuggy Race: Pedal-Powered Rovers Face Off for Prizes
... have converged to put their mock moon rovers to the test. It's the 18th annual moonbuggy race held by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, ... «Space.com, Apr 11»
Treasured flight simulator celebrates 30 years
All set for a mock moon landing at the Vertical Motion Simulator at NASA Ames. The electro-mechanical wonder at NASA Ames known as the ... «Mountain View Voice, Aug 10»
Space tourism just got a bit cheaper
That company recently took second prize in a NASA contest to fly privately developed rockets on mock moon-landing missions. Armadillo has ... «Mother Nature Network, May 10»
Space Tourism Firm to Offer Suborbital Joy Rides at Lower Costs
... Aerospace took home second place and $500,000 in the NASA-sponsored contest to fly homemade rockets on mock moon-landing missions ... «Space.com, Apr 10»
