The Net Advance of Physics RETRO:
THE MOON

LUNAR SCIENCE in the Long Nineteenth Century.

Most material in Net Advance Retro is very old. It may be obsolete or incorrect. For more recent technical information, please consult the Moon page at the regular Net Advance site.

• General:

• General: Teaching Aids:
  • Instruments for Natural Philosophy: Astronomy by Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr. [Including Nineteenth-Century stereophotographs of the Moon and imaginary views of the lunar surface.]

• Aspects: ORBIT:
  • Sur l'équation séculaire de la lune by Pierre Simon Laplace [Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences de Paris, (1785)]
  • Mémoire sur les équations séculaires des mouvements de la lune by Pierre Simon Laplace [Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences , (1795)]
  • Mémoire sur la théorie de la lune by Pierre Simon Laplace [Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences , (1797)]
  • Two New Theorems Relating to the Moon's Orbit by Rev. James Challis [Astronomical Journal 3, 189 (1854)]

THE NET ADVANCE OF PHYSICS --- Retro