Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick), 1869- · New York, London, D. Appleton and company · leaf 70
lk since the inven-tion of wireless telegraphy about oursignaling to him. That people could live on Marsis possible, for the Red Planet is likeour Earth, in that it has land, waterand air, weather and seasons, witha warm equator and ice-covered poles.Seen through a telescope he lookslike Fig. 53,… … Fig. 53.—Mars as Seenthrough a telescope. 50 THE BOOK OF THE STARS take him, for he will shine ruddy and bright with never a merrytwinkle. Mars is 141 millions of miles from the sun. His diameter is 4,200 miles. His day is 24% of our hours long. His year is 687 of our days long. Seeing Venus.—Venus…
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