Lowell, Percival, 1855-1916 · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 201
g its altitude relative to a smalldark spot on the same par-allel, by which, after monthsof pursuit, it was finallyovertaken. An occultationappeared to be the only alter-native from a transit; yetneither occurred. Thedark spot chose a third. It Jupiter and its great red SPOT A DRAWING BY Dr.… … A PLANETS HISTORY 165 red spot really offers us an insight to its character.Clearly it was no void, but occupied space with morethan ordinary persistency. As it was neither abovenor below the dark spot and shattered that spot on . . ■ >
Cosmogony
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