Litchfield enquirer., 1878-10-24
WHOLE NO. 2734

the satellites those suggested by NIT. Madam, of Eton, England, viz DeSHs0S for the outer and Phobos for the inner satellite These are the names of horses that drew the chariot of Mars. Astronomers, however, will hardly use these names in speaking of the moons, but will des- ignate them as the inner and outer satellites, or as number one and two.
 Finally, so much attention has been attract ed by the remarkable statements found in the writings of Dean Swift and Voltaire, since the discovery of the Martial moons, that Professor Hall has given the pasSagesfrom these authors where the statements are found. That won derful man Kepler was the first man to advance the idea that Mars has attendants, and it was probably from his speculations that the two authors we have mentioned borrowed the sug- gestion. Kepler having been informed of the discovery of the moons of Jupiter, writes to his friend:
 'I am so far from disbelieving the existence of the four circumjovial planets, that l long for telescope, to anticipate you, if possible in discovering tsc0 round Mars, as the proportion seems to require, sie or eieh round Saturn, and perhaps one each round Mercury and Venus"
 Dean Swift, in his famous satire, Gulliver's Travels, describes the inhabitants of Laputa as great mathematicians and musicians, and after long description of them and their manner of living and speaking, says:
 "They spend the greatest part of their lives ill observing the celestial bodies, which they do by the assistance of glasses, far exceeding ours in goodness. They have discovered two lesser moons, or satellites, which reVolve about Mars, whereof the innermOst is distant from the centre of the primary planet exactly three of it's diameters and the outermost five; the former revOlves in the space of two hours, and the latter in twenty -One and a half
 The good Deans statement was Q remarka- ply near guess at the truth.
 Voltaire, who like Swift, disliked the as- tronOmers and wished to make fun of them, wrote story of MicrOmegas, native of Siri- us who having written book which it was suspected smelt of heresy, left Sirius and came to our solar system. Describing the journey, he says:
 Leaving Jupiter, they travelled overa space of nearly a hundred millions of leagues and approached the planet Mars which is said to be only one-fifth as large as our little globe. They found two moons which revolve about this planet, and which have escaped the gaze of our astronomers. I know very well that Father Castel will exclaim against the exist ence of these two moons, but 1 agree with those who reason from analogy. The good men who are philosophers know very well how difficult it will be for Mars, who is so far from the sun, to be contented with any less than two moons"
 In 1879, many telescopes will be turned up on Mars. to catch the first view of the fitting little satellites, which appear almost like moths about candle. Special appliances for the observations will be devised before that time, and before the planet has taken it's departure from our skies again, we shall undoubtedly have learned as much about these objects, as we have learned about Jupiter's satellites in the two hundred and seventy years since their discovery.
 In the meantime Professor Hall has joined his name to those of the other great discover CTS, who, like Calico and Herschell, have en- larged the boundaries of our knowledge and given science new impetus. He has brought honor to his country, and increased the fame of remarkable genius, also an American, who will be recognized after he is dead-Alvan Clark, the maker of the great telescope. E.