, 1876-10-17
THE PLANET VENUS.

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.'..' 49, H. ss .,s ~. ~, W.
"ltt 1he "lea ttiat Inc piai.et wofla IKE our
carth. wherr pcop1t Ilkr ourselves might
}tyc vcry comfortably. rpr IL would not
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,.a.s ,xa.' " a,.,u..,, H., ~ m"os, ~. Nv
year "cre s''ostenea W 'ouF Ut n'c toohths'
ana the t'uy by tmlf M aour-suppossng always
tt.lt trees a.,ti vegetables weru 81, nude that
t1,ov ,oufd t1,rtv. t;n{lcr ,ha chor,r. In f,+ ~
nv nm. l..vns tnot r",,;s,,s ,,st ~.
.rnI" M 1as =" ,.a'tnr orrns, ~ '1Hs nn. .t'
For licrc in England twl'cre AM wvlting),
aM throughput tho Unttrl States, tbo
scasnns Change from The hr1t ri sumner
W ~. <,t1 ~ ,r;n,,. ard t,s,. a,r,s1., ~.
:. Luz eoIa VI M'ntel, naia uach agalh 10
the equator tho greatest heat OCCURS III 6prlug
md aulu,n, Or At intervals Of o,y nix ,,,o,,tns.
m fnr us tl,c lcn,t1 of tlr rc,r IL conccrc1 ~,
American Or an Ensllshman could very well eli
bear tic cl1atge to tho temperate zonc OF
venus, where TIM interval between the surces
eiyu scAsons Of greutcst beat amounts to scyen
null . half months.
hut when ne tut,s!t|cr some other nonts we
scu TINT vculB, brauttftl} though she Looks,
would not be comfortable lyulne for us. #,
tue first nlarr, W. know that if We draw ilcurrr
to lirc wc got more heat IRON ii. Now Venus
Is much ncoTpr to the str,.-tbe rreat dre ri tic
splur syste,n-L!an our eartt1 II. Sic RECEIVES.
then, !Mugt, mare heat frou him, lii fayt. IL ii
clsiiy calculated lint II our cartI wcrt srt
travelling On tho pa,h Of yonus, wo should r:
fronl tic sun rs W. ,i1 at present. This would M
c li,lbearabtc, except perhaps, in llc polur re-
gtons; and cycl, There the xtltenler, With Tint
Tremendous sun above tic lorIzon iii through
able. Ucsi..vs, what eonrast l,ctwcen it.e lot
m,lar svtu,s.er aid The solI nolar w,ltsr, wl.ea
Tor weeks together lie sun would not be seen
ut NIL. Altogether, this cnrtI, would Ee a mis-
tl,s. sun " tl.at ot Ves,.ss. ~ - ~''-~ W
Wy sre, tllcu, that either there must te some
Irregularities nlyout Venus which prevent the r1ln
from loat!ns people there as lr would certainly
creatures which liyo ot, Venus mist bo 4i},rer.
c,t frbln ourstlycs mil thc other ANNUAL in
habItnnts oi o,lr oartb. Gnfortunately' wu
cannot n,at,u telesr,,r,es iarf,u rnnnt.f, tn
aid tloro is no rcnsoIi % for Ipnins III thaIt surl'
tcIcscopce can ever be made, What wu k1luw,
however, about Tie Elauut's condition flors
not seem to show ttat clraturca ljytne there
would hy niurc comfortable than va saunii
In If TIM cnrth were mt whcre Vcm,n is :T,,at
liz contrary, so IuF os We can ,uuee. Yot
know tint the acnss OF, our nurt1i ara .n,1sei
t,y ths iart that Sic turns ut, a wantctl aka,
sous; Il It wero ,I,urs rlantcl tIv co1tras, be.
twcc;, summer aud winter would bu greater,
Euw rcnlls hnB cr axs much mora stantrI tilnn
tf. eartf,ta. m flint her sgnsuns must liz vnrv
marked indeed, Thus tic heat Of her summer
wcathrr mnht In eyrn mnrn teyrlhln tiuu va
thought list ,tw. 'A"" " =
Rs,i ti,rc II vii un,.,,rr mint In hc n,ttrc1
Ynu k,,,,w Till on ,ht, l1nt,er s1orcs NJ inv
inn1,1ta|ns. flmrn is snn,v ail I'm yc;r
rs,uud, uyun in The torrLl zonc. That is
isea,Iso tho mir 1T, thcr" il IT., rarn 1 tbat
| il .locs nat act }jkts fim tienxcr nir lnwer
Tow,,. wbtrh IA sort ~ tInthJur fr ti,n carth
t.ntr IN, h"at :. fr,m ss,,;nm nw ~ II ,i I III ~
IT TrI,s wcre yury rarc. st,,Irthfnr ~ liz nu,,a
snrt n,t hn,,,,c nm li,nt nIn,I"t It,st ~ non.
{afn sms IN H. T. hnti,st sc,.,os 1 n % H., % vcar
mi Gnl thorr n tc,mn"rntr riI,matc' ~ ia r.