Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-02
ILANEF VENUS.
the Realms of Space and
Id II would Be.

the Realms of Space and
It 1t Would Be.
Space, - by d. c. Robertson,
cholas for January.
moment suppose certain
uilt: one round the world
!; circle, others to various
ar system. And we will
that the trains on these
be kept going at the rate
IN hour for any required
e.: that their passengers
lt food or could he supplied
lnce Of it; that the bodies
gers could be made tapable
various changes Of ar,
nd other climatic conditions
would be exposed.
World this kind of travel
5aratively easy, and would
o time. Ia twenty-four
ssenger could travel l440
lderably further than from
Chicago. In forty-eight
travel as far as from Bos-
ol: and in less than seven
ould go round the world.
DIS the Journeys in space, a
,ost cases insuperable would
way. IN order TO visit any
y Of the nearest bodies III
.velers on our celestial rail-
eed to have their lives very
hged. Were they to set out
Mt part OF the system, they
before they had fairly be-
ourney. a voyage to the
aus, or to Mars would, under
editions, be possible; to any
the system il would be i'm
~ to the moon would be
short. Our companion IS
24O 900 miles: or, in round
distance contains ten times
es as are contained in the
Inference.
ut rate Of sixty miles an
ever stopping, it would take
ana lG7 days TO reach the
- and Compared with other
ances95snis is a mere nothing; but
lpared with the distances actually
rersed by the average man, it is very
ut indeed. Few ever travel at sixty
es an hour, and then only for short
iods, and at considerable intervals.
~ probably the majority, Of those
live to a good old age cover less than
,O00 miles during their whole lives. A
At traveller might do it in, say fifteen
rs. For even a conductor or engineer
n express train, it would require sew
years.
eft US now take a trip to the planet
ms, our next nearest ueighbor. This
be q much more formidable under
ing. We have seen that a succession
he longest journeys over this earth
ia form but short and passing
odes in q lifetime. We have seen
/, on oRe OF our imaginary railways,
trgvellr could circle the world in less
\ threI weeks. We have seen, not
? that 4 journey to the moon is quite
5ible ii the passengers by our celestial
way, Gut that equal and even greater
ances are often travelled on earth.
a trip to Venus would be a very
arent matter. Venus, as already
ed, is about % 900 ,009 miles away;
at sixty miles an hour without
ping, she is distant 4 journey not of
e weeks, or six months,
OF some fifty years,
the imaginary railway, such a journey
Id be possible, for great many per-
! live longer than fifty years. But il
life no one ever has travelled, and no
ever will travel anything like so far.
human being ever has travelled ) ,000,-
lnile9; and II is safe to say that no
everl will To complete this measure
sIufying would require an average
SBg000 miles year for fifty years.
he few, perhaps, in all their lives,
7 have travelled ZOO 600 miles, but
&c are probably very rare exceptions.
We see that no one ever has lived who
travelled more than a small part Of
distance to Venus. Yet, compared
! other bodies in the system, this star
+ be said 90 be almost a next-door
,hbor.