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Straight Wall, and the small mountain close by named after Birt, the well-known selenographer.

—To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story

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A student of selenography; one who occupies himself with the study of the moon, and especially with its physiography. He [Mr. Oughtred] believed the sun to be a material fire, the moon a continent, as appears by the late Selenographers. Evelyn, Diary, Aug. 28, 1655.

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The eminent selenographer, the late W.K. Birt, compared many of them to "inverted river-beds" from the fact that, as often as not, they become broader and deeper as they attain a higher level. — The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features
Straight Wall, and the small mountain close by named after Birt, the well-known selenographer. — To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story

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from selenograph-y + -er.

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