Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909, Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914, joint author · New York, H. Holt and Company · leaf 363
seen with instruments no more powerful than thoseiised by Galileo, yet he makes no mention of them, al-though they were seen by Zucchi, Fontana, and otliers be-fore 1633. HuYGHENS (1659) describes the bands asbrighter than the rest of the disk—a unique observation,on which we must look with some… … Fig. 91.—telescopic view of jupiter and his satellites. color of this planet, and finds the prevailing tint to be asalmon color, exactly similar to the color of Mars. Theposition of the bands varies in latitude, and the shapes ofthe limiting curves also change from day to day ; but inthe main they…
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