A map of the moon...should be in every geological lecture room; for no where can we have a more complete or more magnificent illustration of volcanic operations. Our sublimest volcanoes would rank among the smaller lunar eminences; and our Etnas are but spitting furnaces.


'On the Volcanoes of the Moon', American Journal of Science, 1846, 2 (2nd Series)

James Dwight Dana Quotes

A map of the moon...should be in every geological lecture room; for no where can we have a more complete or more magnificent illustration of volcanic ...

A map of the moon...should be in every geological lecture room; for no where can we have a more complete or more magnificent illustration of volcanic ...

A map of the moon...should be in every geological lecture room; for no where can we have a more complete or more magnificent illustration of volcanic ...

A map of the moon...should be in every geological lecture room; for no where can we have a more complete or more magnificent illustration of volcanic ...