Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-02-23

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Ioaasg. a. it is nearest to the sun.
iN is difficult to see this planet wfrh
the naked eye, as it is so immersed
in the rays of the sun. The Greeks
call it "glittering," on account Of
the occasional intensity of its light.
An old English writer, Goad, in
1856, humorously calls this planet
"a squirting lackey of the sun, who
seldom shows his head in these
parts, and as if he were in debt. "
From its extreme mobility, chemists
adopted this planet as the symbol
for quicksilver.
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mountains higher than our Himal-
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in character. If its materials were
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would melt in very short time, on
account of the proximity to the sun.
The temperature in Mercury is sup
posed to be seven times hotter than
our Torrid Zone. Therefore if it is
inhabited it must be by people very
differently constituted from our
selves.
Fontenelle's idea of Mercury and
its inhabitants is so very curious
and interesting as to be worth quot
ing. It will easily be seen that his
imagination is o powerful one. lie
says: 1.-The heat to which they are
accustomed is so great that the
climate of Central Africa would
freeze them through. It must bt
taken for granted that our iron
silver and gold would melt in their
world and only appear as liquic
like water. The dwellers in Mercur!
must be 90 vivacious as to be mad, IL
our meaning OF the term.
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memory than most negroes. tha
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