Flammarion, Camille, 1842-1925, Welby, Frances A. (Frances Alice) tr · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 157
om the meltingof the polarsnows in springand summer; butit may possiblybe in conjunctionwith some vege-tation, aquaticplants, or per-haps vast mea-dows, which ap-pear to us fromhere to be themore consider-able in proportion as the water that nourishes themhas been more abundant. Mars, like our… … Fig. 42.—Telescopic aspect of the planetMars (Feb., 1901). THE PLANETS circulation of the water, so important to terrestrial life,whether animal or vegetable, which is effected upon ourplanet by the evaporation of the seas, clouds, winds,rains, wells, rivers and streams, comes about quite…
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