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Around a hundred years after Rosse's attempt, Surveyor 6 successfully landed in Sinus Medii on November 9, 1967, and became the very first probe to "lift off" from the lunar surface.
Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast: February 19-21, 2010 | Universe Today 2010
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I was surprised when he actually replied to Rosse's observation.
Shaman's Crossing Hobb, Robin 2005
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I had not seen my mother turn out the house so thoroughly since the formal announcement of Rosse's engagement to Cecile Poronte.
Shaman's Crossing Hobb, Robin 2005
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Rosse's own investigations, and those of Langley, threw some doubts on this.
Lost on the Moon Or, in Quest of the Field of Diamonds Roy Rockwood
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If asked where this was fastened, I suppose she would have replied, "Round the waist, to be sure;" yet, if Lord Rosse's telescope had been applied, no such break in the smooth surface of the cylinder could have been descried.
Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada Henry A. Murray
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It is on record that the user of Lord Rosse's great reflector stated that there were only about three nights in the year when its best definition could be obtained; and its use has produced very meagre results, compared with what had been anticipated.
To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story Mark Wicks
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Lord Rosse's later observations modified his conclusions, to some extent, showing that he had at first underestimated the percentage of simple reflected heat, but without causing him to make any radical change in his ideas as to the maximum heat of the moon's surface.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 443, June 28, 1884 Various
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The Lord Yester Snawdoune, named Gifford, got to wife the sd Elizabeth, and the Earl of Rosse's daughter was maried to the Great Stewart, which Lord Yester and Eupheme, daughter to the
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Paris by Marie Davy and Martin; but they are generally looked upon merely as corroborative of Rosse's work, which was more elaborate and extensive.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 443, June 28, 1884 Various
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When looked at through a small telescope, this object looks like a nebula, but looked at through Lord Rosse's, or some other great telescope, it becomes at once resolved into an immense number of separate points of light, each one representing a star, there being between one and two thousand altogether in this constellation.
Aether and Gravitation William George Hooper
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