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Identifier: firesideuniversi01mcgo (find matches)
Title: The fireside university of modern invention, discovery, industry and art for home circle study and entertainment
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: McGovern, John. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Science
Publisher: Chicago, Union pub. house
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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the Earth wouldmaintain a certain fixed place in the Moons heavens, althoughvarying greatly in its illumination. When it was fully lighted,it would look much larger than a cart-wheel. One curiouseffect in a World without an atmosphere, would be the instan-taneous darkness which would envelop the people the momentafter sunset—no such thing as twilight being possible. What of the Moons motions ? The practical problem of telling where the Moon will be inour heavens at any given time, is perhaps the most difficult oneever attempted by mathematicians. Owing to the imperfectdata upon which they are forced to figure, the results are stillslightly at variance in different countries. A more correctmeasurement of the Suns distance will, one of these days, makea great many obstacles disappear from the rough path oi theinvestigator. 474 THE FIRESIDE UNIVERSITY Where is Mars ? Outside of our circle, and at a distance of 139,312,000 mileson an average, is the Planet of Mars, one of the prominent
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Fig. 173. MARS. ASTRONOMY. 4?5 objects in the heavens. Up to this point the Planets, as we haveproceeded from the Sun, have gradually grown larger; but thisone, although nearly 50,000,000 miles further from the Sun,drops in size one-eighth the bulk of the Earth, being but 4,920miles in diameter. After the discouraging results of the astro-nomical exploration of the Moon, men turned their attention tothis Planet, the fact of his frequently passing the Earth whenhe was nearest the Sun, and best lighted up, greatly favoringtheir attempts. The fruits of whole lifetimes of observation havemade us thoroughly acquainted with the contour of that globe,and certainly furnished us with romantic food for speculation.There is the most striking likeness between the Earth and Mars.Continents and oceans are plainly discerned, and the watershave a greenish hue* The continents surround the Planet, how-ever, in belts, so that a railway journey entirely around wouldbe practicable with our inventions. Sno

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