Mars and its Canals
by Percival Lowell
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About this eBook
- Author
- Lowell, Percival, 1855-1916
- Title
- Mars and Its Canals
- Credits
- Produced by Chris Curnow, Sonya Schermann, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QB: Science: Astronomy
- Subject
- Mars (Planet)
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 47015
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47015
- Release Date
- October 1, 2014
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.MARS AND ITS CANALS
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 5.PART I NATURAL FEATURES
- 6.CHAPTER I ON EXPLORATION
- 7.CHAPTER II A DEPARTURE-POINT
- 8.CHAPTER III A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF PAST MARTIAN DISCOVERY
- 9.CHAPTER IV THE POLAR CAPS
- 10.CHAPTER V BEHAVIOR OF THE POLAR CAPS
- 11.CHAPTER VI MARTIAN POLAR EXPEDITIONS
- 12.CHAPTER VII WHITE SPOTS
- 13.CHAPTER VIII CLIMATE AND WEATHER
- 14.CHAPTER IX MOUNTAINS AND CLOUD
- 15.CHAPTER X THE BLUE-GREEN AREAS
- 16.CHAPTER XI VEGETATION
- 17.CHAPTER XII TERRAQUEOUSNESS AND TERRESTRIALITY
- 18.CHAPTER XIII THE REDDISH-OCHRE TRACTS
- 19.CHAPTER XIV SUMMARY
- 20.CHAPTER XV THE CANALS
- 21.CHAPTER XVI THEIR SYSTEM
- 22.CHAPTER XVII GEMINATION OF THE CANALS — I. The Diplopic Theory — II. The Interference Theory — III. The Illusion Theory
- 23.CHAPTER XVIII THE DOUBLE CANALS — I — II — III — IV
- 24.CHAPTER XIX CANALS IN THE DARK REGIONS
- 25.CHAPTER XX OASES
- 26.CHAPTER XXI CARETS ON THE BORDERS OF THE GREAT DIAPHRAGM
- 27.CHAPTER XXII THE CANALS PHOTOGRAPHED
- 28.CHAPTER XXIII CANALS: KINEMATIC
- 29.CHAPTER XXIV CANAL DEVELOPMENT Individually Instanced
- 30.CHAPTER XXV HIBERNATION OF THE CANALS
- 31.CHAPTER XXVI ARCTIC CANALS AND POLAR RIFTS
- 32.CHAPTER XXVII OASES: KINEMATIC
- 33.CHAPTER XXVIII CONSTITUTION OF THE CANALS AND OASES
- 34.CHAPTER XXIX LIFE
- 35.CHAPTER XXX EVIDENCE
- 36.CHAPTER XXXI THE HUSBANDING OF WATER
- 37.CHAPTER XXXII CONCLUSION
- 38.INDEX
- 39.Transcriber's Notes
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