The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-01-06
Interesting Planetary Discoveries
The Comment and Winding Seas
the Planet Ears-A World Until
Ours.

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The planet Mars is the only obje
in the whole heavens which is know
to exhibit features similar to those I
our own earth, and the accumulate
explorations and discoveries of q
trOnomers during the last 200 yea
have resulted in the construction of
globe representing the characteristic
of this planet, as astronomers belieV
them to exist. At recent meeti
of the Astronomical Society of En-
land, q globe of Mars was eXhibite
on which lands and seas were depicte
as upon an ordinary terrestrial glob
By far the larger part of these lan6
and seas were laid down as We
known entities, respecting which
more doubts is felt among astron
mers than is felt among geographic
concerning the oceans of our oW
globe. An interesting description
this globe appears in Fraser's Mag
zine. To the lands and seas develo
ed in the planet areIapplied the nam
of those astronomers whose research
have added to our knowledge on Il
subject. Each pole of Mars, it seen
is capped with Ice, which varies
extent according to the progress
the seasons. Around each cap is
Polar sea, the Northern sea beii
| termed the Schroeder Sea, the sout
ern, Phillips Sea. The equatorial !
pions of Mars are mainly occupied
extensive continents, four in numbC
| and named Dawes Continent, Madl
! Continent, Secchi Continent, HerscI
(Sir WI Continent. Between DaW
/ and Herschel Continent flows a 5
shaped like an hour glass, called I
! Kaiser Sea, the large southern ocet
out of which it flows being denomi
ated Dawes Ocean. Between Madla
| and Dawes Continents flows DaW
Straits, connecting a large southe
ocean and a northern sea, named
| ter Tycho. Herschel Continent
separated from Secchi Continent
| HIGGINS Inlet, flowing from a laI
southern sea termed Maraldi Sea.
like manner, Bessel Inlet flowing (
OF. .-Airey sea "a northern sea )repara
the Madley and Secchi Contineu
Dawes Ocean separates into four laI
tracts of land lie between them,
whether they are islands or not is
certain. In Delarue Ocean there
1 small island which presents so brig
and glittering an aspect as to sugg
the probability of its being usua
snow covered. These seas, separat
by lands of doubtful extent, res
from Delarue Ocean to the South pc
One of the most singular features
Mars, is the prevalence Of long q
winding inlets and bottle necked sc
These features are wholly d1sti
from anything on our earth. j
instance. Higgins Inlet is ID
! fork stream, extending about 3,
miles. Bessel Inlet is nearly as lot
and Nasmyth Inlet still more rema
able in its form. On our earth
ocean is three times as extensive |
the continents. On Mars very
fsrent arrangement prevails. In
first place, there is little dispar
between the extent of oceans
continents, and then these are mis-
up in q most complex manner.
traveller, by either land or water,
visit almost every quarter of
I planet without leaving the elem
! in which he began his journeyings.
he chooses to go by water, he co
Journey for upward of $4,000 mi
always in sight of laud-genera
1 with land in view on both sides
such intricate, labyrinthine fash
are the land and seas or Mars INT
twined. Boston Journal.