Elementary astronomy; a beginner's text-book (1899)
Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914 · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 328
he light of our present knowledge.This is not to be wondered at in spite of the industry and abilityof the observers who have spent years in studying the planet. Thecase is much the same for the planets M>ercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn,TJranus, Neptune. We know very little of the real conditions… … Fig. 176. •Drawing of Mars Made at the Lick ObservatoryMay 21, 1890. complete explanations will be forthcoming in time. It is, at any rate,certain that the conclusions of Schiaparelli, named above, cannotbe accepted without serious modification, as will be shown in thisChapter. Appearance of the…
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