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Barbicane knew this opinion of the German selenographer; it is shared by Messrs. Boeer and Moedler.

From The Moon-Voyage by Verne, Jules

Barbicane knew this opinion of the German selenographer, an opinion shared by Boeer and Moedler.

From From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon by Verne, Jules

Selēnog′raphist, a selenographer; Selēnog′raphy, description of the moon.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Schroter is the only selenographer who gives Mairan a central mountain.

From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn

Passing on, we inspected the large cleft running parallel to the Straight Wall, and the small mountain close by named after Birt, the well-known selenographer.

From To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story by Wicks, Mark