A text-book of general astronomy : for colleges and scientific schools (1888)
Young, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1834-1908 · Boston ; London : Ginn & Company · leaf 349
are be-lieved to be ice-caps from the fact that the one which is near the polethat happens to be turned towards the sun continually diminishes insize, while the other increases, the process being reversed with theseasons of the planet. 588. The principal peculiarity of the surface of Mars appears… … FlG. 176. — Schiaparellis Map of Mars. land masses. As to the nomenclature of the principal Areographic features, Mr. Proctor in his map has for the most part assigned thenames of astronomers who have taken special interest in the study of ATMOSPHERE. 337 the planet. Schiaparelli, on the other…
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