The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-06-20
THE MOST W1SDERFuL OF AID rus
AST"V-T0MERs' DlsCoYERIEs,

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osuhsuisneo 'or astronomical learning has Just
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and Browster vast advances have been made 10 as
Economical knowledxe, and especially within the
| lss, few years
| .-,,-,,so n,,corr,,vs
trAhrLfSo DfcoVERtks
have been made In tho most une xpected quarters.
| Analogies tho most intereat,ns have brourbt the
| s,..-e .-V Ao.' "1,o o'ous"' ..o
our own eartl, or with the central iuminary Of tue
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'e"o'' auu VIZ "a'0 ,oAi M "0u W ''eosnHo
within the solar system, and within the wondrous
galaxy OF which our sun IL constituent orb, vario
Voiuuc'ure' ano compiepv OF detail OF which
until recently astronomers had formed but the uos,
,,,asor,,a con,on,,or.
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Mr.. Proctor argues from the analogy OF the earth
that the diversity OF climate which exists on tho
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pa"e'' A"'u' Nv 'os''Ni ''a'0" W 0onoiuao ""
lla0N rO la n Nm nRlaN aNl0 Fad
.'.Ar"nAs sr
In the arctic regions rs wen as In the torrid ron Q,
on the mountain summit and eyeu In the depths Of
MIA o.o,, A,a r0o,o.v show. ,s,, 4, ~ a..
| strange vicissitudes to which the earth has been
| exposed In Its past history, there In no eyi.
s.nco NJ ,, ano., ,h.r i'm ,r.. .,..,, Nor, 10,
u'"eo VI ~ eP'0h "uen "'o "s' sose"' rum Ier
surace. The climatic conditions Of the planets
may Do SO modified by atmosphercs as TO bc no, ma.
,.,i,iv a,a.ren, oror, ,h., NJ th. .,r,, a, ,, ..
'.'," oi.ou' no". '"'' " ~. eai'"' u ''e o.'e
~ foast OF mo planets nearest 70 us-Neaus and
Mars
Venus bears In lome respects n striking Tesen.
blanoe In our earth In si,o in si,,s,Ion .,a a,
,-.t, A., o. -, -, .- - -,
density. IN 'he sns'h OF her seasons and OF her ro'
taton, In the figure o her orbit and In thn amount
of light and heat she receives from the sun she Is
more like the earth than any orb within the solar
system. Venus has wear OF 2si days and II hours,
and her distance from the s some what less thsa
three fourths OF ours: Her Gay Is only half an hour
shorter thaa ours. Her size is but little less than
that Of the earth.
lis clear then, that merely In the greater prox
Unity OF Venus " the sun. there Is little 10 render
at least the larger proportion OF her surflce uniH-
habitable to
| -
me sun, as seen ln her skies, has dilmeter
onetnrd mrser tnan no presents 70 US and his sp'
psIehl suran. ulmeaslons, or wnlcn, Of course ms
| in the nronorton of shant o,.een 10 nine Tsis
undoubtedly would render his heat almost unbeara-
BILE In the equstoIal REGIONS OF Venus, but In hor
temperate and sue,artie .egons a moderate climate
regions.
Venus is the only planet the extent OF whose at
sideraby larger than ours, aud probably iempers
very much the herceness OF the solar heat or the
constitution or oi ner anosphere we know little The
long 10 the solar spectrum, and the Padre Secchi
has noticed certain iaint lines which seem to indi-
phere Of the planet. The same eminent observer
hnds aso 10 the sIengthenins OF me nitrogen lines
that me atmosphere oi Venus Is constituted very
summary W -
THE AN WE BREATHE.
On the whole, says Mr.. Proctor, the evidence we
have points very strongly 70 Venus as the abode Of
"Co ortainly, the strong light which the sun ponrs
there is adaptative power which Nature exhibits
more clearly than auother, 1t is that by which the
various creatures We are acquainted with are
sbled TO live in comfort under all degrees OF light
from the ooseutity IN winch the mole pnrsues his
suoietsnGan & 10 Inc Ihsng ght the
a. ale l,sa
''T eake iSs. na ns % ~ IaSnr ~ " 20 h, ,,,, 4,
ah .trnurn. thao ,ha, In tho cs.e ~ Unn ~ y
SS % IN s,n @ nlsna,arv ~ % an " h,, -, ndn M
Ill., " ;n di,Uots, eo ,Sst S,s i,n.sp aimansou 1 h
~, ,%osn m 81 'he es,,L ,a nronorona 81 ohnn, 90
Grsy,t~ NJ is snIface is,mneh less than terrestr;s
gravity, 80 that one OF our pound weights would
| weigh on Mars but ounces.
A DANIEL LAMnKRr ON MARA
-, =. =, ,,, a, -, N, n,
would De aple 10 leap essy 70 hesht Oh I'VE or slx
ieet ana ne could run iaster lhah the Dest
OF our terrestr,a atmetes man "i MS welght'
out propofuOnea more SUITABLY ,or atnie,ie exer'
cisss couIn easiy 'esp o'or omei,e 700. s NAIL A.,
MAN rhveis IN sueh ah s ecoenHie iS oron Una. tne
lgt anu heas no tgce,nes from sge sun tary very
muen sccoruinx 70 h's posl.ion, "nSn ,, ne rs ms
mean uIs'anoe @ o , ,ue sun tno nSn. anu neas nc
Iecei'es Ho % gss ,sn ou,s ~ sno ppi e, ~
sDou. 40 h s h ,1ai h' ,o'{ @ nosrp s 90, OF
our aaSs, 50 tA' gsp n, y, n , as.s sUou. %
oi ouI HVh.ns. , pu' vninS ~ s.o NJ o'
hs oIp'l VIC winter anu sunme' u, nis nv" "snh
anu southern hemisph. US Mo not equa,' MS
EQUATOR IS lhehneu 70 he pnne p, ., n's oro' Nv M
angie no. uc" nv @ n ~ tuas ~ " snH m %
ing nciinaioh lh tue case OF 'ne earln 30 tnht MS
SEASONAL changes 50 lsr as Iney aepond on inc'ina