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is owing to her larger apparent size, and
the abundance of illumination. The con-
sequence is that the finest details of the
moon, as seen in the largest telescope in the
world, may be reproduced at a cost within
the reach of all.
No certain changes have ever been ob-
served; but several suspicions have been ex-
pressed, especially as to the small crater
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