A voyage in space; a course of six lectures "adapted to a juvenile auditory" delivered at the Royal Institution at Xmas 1913 (1915)
Turner, Herbert Hall, 1861-1930 · London Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge · leaf 167
you were reallylooking from Mars, even with our very best telescope. L 146 A VOYAGE IN SPACE You see the outline of Africa and other well-knownoutlines; these need not be regarded very closely;they are the same in both pictures. The only differ-ence is in the British Isles. To make these… … Fig. 40. in very much altered shape. You will see the alter-ations in a moment when I put both pictures on thescreen; but first I want you to try whether you cansee them from Mars. If such alterations were madein England, could the Martians armed with our besttelescope detect them at all ? Well,…
Astronomy -- Juvenile literature
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