Stars and telescopes; a hand-book of popular astronomy, founded on the 9th ed. of Lynn's Celestial motions (1899)
Todd, David P. (David Peck), 1855-1939, Lynn, William Thynne, 1835-1911. Celestial motions · Boston, Little, Brown and company · leaf 212
f this region should tell us much aboutthe general character of the planets surface. Bright projections on the terminator of Mars were first ob-served by Mr Knobel, who, on several occasions in 1873,described and delineated a white spot in this position, glisten-ing as brightly as the polar ice. In… … DWINDLING OF THE SOUTH POLAR CAP IN 1894 (LOWELL) {The planets pole of rotation is at the middle point of the square, andthe eccentric position of the cap is shown, as well as thegradually diminishing breadth of the dark belt that fringedthe Polar cap at all times) The Ruddy Planet 163 and Javelle,…
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