Giberne, Agnes, 1845- [from old catalog] · Cincinnati, National book company · leaf 220
me uncertainty in speaking ofSaturn as in speaking of Jupiter. Like Jupiter, Saturnis covered with dense masses of varying clouds, occa- 214 SATURN. 215 sionally opening and allowing the astronomer peepsinto lower cloud-levels; but rarely or never permittingthe actual body of the planet to be seen.… … SATURN AND THE EARTH—COMPARATIVE SIZE. dense solid mass; instead of which, Saturn is aboutthe least solid of all the planets. He seems to bemade up of a light, watery substance, surrounded byvapor. One explanation can be offered. What if the globeof Saturn be still in a red-hot, molten state,…
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