THE PLANET MARS 53 astronomers who were fortunate enough to detect these canal-like appearances. Among these, no one was more diligent, or more successful, than the late Percival Lowell, whose acquaintance I first made at the observatory of Harvard College, over thirty years … ago. He set up a magnificent 24-inch telescope, in the clear atmosphere of the high altitudes of Arizona, at the Flagstaff—or Lowell—Observatory. While Lowell was thus confirming the observations of Schia- parelli, many other astronomers could not see the canals even with larger telescopes than…
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