Langrenus
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The great ring mountains or ringed plains, Langrenus, Vendelinus, Petavius, and Furnerius, all lying significantly along the same lunar meridian, have already been noticed.
From Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers by Serviss, Garrett Putman
There is an irregular ring-plain N. of A, with linear walls, and another, much smaller and brighter, on the N. of this, standing a little beyond the N. limits of Langrenus.
From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn
LA PEYROUSE.—A much foreshortened walled-plain, 41 miles in diameter, close to the limb, S.W. of Langrenus.
From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn
FURNERIUS.—The fourth and most southerly component of the great meridional chain of walled-plains, commencing on the N. with Langrenus: a fine but irregular enclosure, about 80 miles in extreme length and much more in breadth.
From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn
Its continuity on the W. is broken by the great ring-plain Vendelinus C, about 50 miles in diameter, a formation resembling Langrenus in miniature.
From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn
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