Star-land; being talks with young people about the wonders of the heavens (1899)
Ball, Robert Stawell, Sir, 1840- [from old catalog] · Boston and London, Ginn & company · leaf 205
s in its appearance. 192 STAR-LAND. We first notice that there are differently coloredparts on Mars. The darkish or bluish regions areusually spoken of as seas or oceans; though we shouldbe going beyond our strict knowledge were Ave toassert that water is actually found there. Look at… … Fig. 02. — The South Pole of Mars, September, 1S77 (Green). notice this feature when you look at the planet througha telescope, for it turns round and round. We can makea globe representing Mars. On this are to be depictedthis great sea and the other characteristic objects. Butas we turn the globe…
Astronomy
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