The moon hoax; or, A discovery that the moon has a vast population of human beings. Locke, Richard Adams, 1800-1871 Nicollet, J. N. (Joseph Nicolas), 1786-1843 text New York : W. Gowans, 1859. eng A series of articles originally published in the Sun, August, 1835, under title, "Great astronomical discoveries", which purported to be an account of the discoveries of Sir John Herschel at the cape of Good Hope, and which pretended to be reprinted from a supplement to the Edinburgh journal of science (then defunct) Has been ascribed on insufficient evidence to Joseph Nicolas Nicollet. cf. Dict. Amer. biog. ; F. M. O'Brien, The story of the Sun (1918) p. 64-102. A collection of mostly portraits and clippings, including p.99-115 of the O'Brien article, are loosely inserted at end. Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), Sir, 1792-1871 Moon hoax.