Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1870-08-04

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wind. All these inierences are mat.
ters of certainty, 80 far 10 they 70.
2. But thcre comes very great
probability that the atmosphere Of
Mars is relatively considerably den.
scr Than ours, since at . distance
from the sun 30 much gresber, that
the planet probably receives, direct
ly, less than halt the light md heat
we receive, there seems no sign Of
any arctic severity, aud clear eyi.
denoe, that the atmosphere holds
vast quantities of watery vapor even
in the winter, which points to gen.
sral temperature considerably higher
than our. wourld would have If re.
moved to the same distance from the
sun, especially when one considers
how much less water TO supply Va
por, and how much greater > pro.
portion OF lani than tue earth Mars
contains. agls7
Again, the rapldty with which
storms clear of from u eo4tinent,
and leave the outline clearly marked
alter being all enveloped = ,mist be.
fore, seems to show the ex,stcnce Of
very rapid currents of atr; and this
mo DOUBT the crsassr inelinaeiop oi
the axis 81 4ass givln,sNa 9tGokcr
range ofthe nory5Wafd asd ~ "
ward iourileYs Of tie s1n, wonld pro-
mote, pattihgo thes3 tnels together,
|8her, VI should inter tlfat ~ atnos.
Bohers Aol Mara Il IL proportion,
ikeavier than that Of the. easth, and
therefore . warmer envelop for the
planet; that its wlnds are more VIC.
lent, aud that the great difficulty OF
the architects Of the planet is more
likely 10 be The STRENGTHENING 'oi
their structures against lateral forces
.-hurricanes, tor instance than
against the ssrainaof gravity Their
outer walls would have to be com.
parativcly much more solid-their
difficulty in raising broad arches and
spacious roots would be much less;
and locomotion on Mars must be
more easy and speedy than locomo-
tion on the Garth.
We should be disPesed to con.
lecture that it is . world in which
speeds greater, and of more inn
portance than even on the earth, and
it 50, 1t seems likely enough that the
difficulty we have supposed rs to the
solidity of walls exposed to the at-
mospheric currents OF Mars is got
over az the difficulty OF building du.
rable structures il generally got over
in our own tropics, where earth.
quakcs are SO commonly not
building durable structures at all,
but only very light and fragile oncs-
. process which would, OF course, be
much easier where all the materials
were lighter aud all motion switter
than with US In q word, it seems
likely that the distinctive feature OF
lite on Mars is velocity, that the
creatures there live faster, move
oftencr, undergo more change just As
tire planet itself passes through q
far vaster orbit Though its orbital
velocity is not quite SO great as ours)
in one tho Martial years.
But that ssch , characteristic
would tend to oui the progress
Of tho mind, aud Of discovery, is
doubtful. With US civilization has
never advanced rapidly till it had be-
come tame, aud, SO to say, plodding
and the excitements Of local change.
at least. Ind become few. But the
great seasonal changes OF Mars-cs-
peciaffy in the southern hemisphere,
where the winter aud summer are
aggravated by the enormously M
creased distance Of the sun at that
period when his rays are least direct,
and his nearness ~ that period when
his rays are most direct-oontriOute
to con6rm the impression We have
drawn from other considerations,
that physically, At least, the lite there
has moro OF rapid chasge n i than
We easily conceive; but whether that
has developed or arrested the mental
aud moral progress OF the matena.
lists is a question Of which the elc.
ments are altogether toe vonjectual
for serious discussion.