EARLY OBSERVERS OF MARS, --Mars the only planet the surface of which is distinctly visible --Early observation of the snow-caps and seas --The 'canals' seen by Schiaparelli in 1877 --Double canals first seen in 1881 --Round spots at intersection of canals seen by Pickering in 1892 --Confirmed by Lowell in 1894 --Changes of colour seen in 1892 and 1894 --Existence of seas doubted by Pickering and Barnard in 1894. MR. LOWELL'S DISCOVERIES AND THEORIES, --Observatory at Flagstaff, Arizona --Illustrated book on his observations of Mars --Volume on Mars and its canals, 1906 --Non-natural features --The canals as irrigation works of an intelligent race --A challenge to the thinking world --The ca…
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