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LOHRMANN'S LUNAR CHARTS.—At last astronomers are put in possession of the charts of the moon's surface, commenced by W. G. Lohrmann, of Dresden, in 1821. They are now completed in twenty-five sections; but previously only one part, containing four topographical sections, had been published. This was issued at Leipsic in 1824; a small general chart was lithographed at Dresden at a later period. It is through the active interference of Prof. Julius Schmidt, the Director of the Observatory at Athens, whose elaborate lunar work is well known, that the complete publication of Lohrmann's charts has been effected. A pretty detailed prospectus has been circulated. The price of the entire work will be 2l. 10s.
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 17, 343–344 (1878). https://doi.org/10.1038/017343c0
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