Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-02-20
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A JOURNEY TO VENUS.

~ Would Take SO Years, Travsiing so
r. f.E 40 Mites an HGur, g8 g.IEs3:s;i
last us for moment suppose certain
iraitsays5 10 be baiIey ohe around the
world IN q perfect circle, others to
various points in Che solar system, writes
u, @, Robertson in st. Nicholas, And
We will further suppose that the trains
on shese railways, could be, kept going
tas the rate Of 50 miles al hour for any
required length Of time; : that !theis
fpesgengess could do, Without food or
could be supplied With .an, ahnpdance OF
it;gthas the bodies Of ..suoh passengers
,oenld abe ~ ade. capable of enduring. the
various changes of air, Temperature ard
other ciltnstlc' conditions so which they
would be exposed. < lsasl ,FESl1s %,as8g il
l. And on ous world this kind ot Q travel
would be comparatively easy, AMI would
take next TO nc. time In "a hours the
tpaasenger, could travel LAO miles, con,
IeidcrghIy farther than from New, York
EtofGhicago. II 4S hours he could travel
as far as from Boston to Liverpool, and
| in less then. Il days he eould} go round
the world. a,s..s sl;s c-.z,,s<. - =
l. But as regards the journeys in, space,
q difficulty in most cases indispensable
would stand IN the, way. Ia order to
| vsis any but a very few. OF / the nearest
bodies in spgce, the travellers on orr
celestial railgays would need 60 have
their lives very greatly prolonged snf
We're they to set out for enY distant
part of the 81 stem they would eli die be
fore they he'd faiEly begun their journey.
a voyage to the moon, to Venus, ,soz to
| Mars would under the aboYe conditions
be possible; to any other body in the
system it would be impossible. 49,
/ The journey to the, moon would be
com pAratively .hort. Oar oompanion
is distant about 240, 900 miles; or, in
round Numbers, .ifs distance contains
ten times as m any miles as ere contained
In the earth's circumference. a.esss.s,ss,,
| Travelling at the rate; of so miles an
| hour and meyer stopping, il would take
| between 166 and 176 days TO reach the
jo1Ines 3 end. Compared with the other
heavenly distances this is q mere notti.
| ing, but compared y vita thu distances
actually tFayersed by the average man,
it is very great indeed.
Few travel at 60 miles an. hour gnd
then only for shorpperiods, andvat con
siderable intervals. Many probably the
majority, Of those who 1--we to a good
old age, cover less than 240 900 miles
duriag their whole lives. a great
Esfaveler 1miRhtid do it inr.% ssy, 10 years.
For even a conductor or engineer OF tau
express train it would require several
years. .t37sg.,,.,,... -,
Let us now take trip 'tothe plane,
Venus, our next nearest neighbor. This
| will be much more formidabieu ertak
| ing. We have seen that q succession OF the
longest Journeys over this earth wocid
form, but short and passing episods dss il
q iifetinie.s W have seen that, on out
OF our imaginaty railways the traveller
could circle the world in less than thre,
weeks we have seen,2 not only that
i Journey to the the moon is q dite posi-
ble to the passengers by our oeiestia
railway, but that equal and even create
distances ere often travelled on EARTH
B1ta trip to Venus would be yer,
diff fsrent matter. Venus aa alread,
stated, is about $4,000 goo miles away
Tor, at so miles anfhouf. without stoppinl
she Is distant q Journey, not OF thre
weeks or Six months. but OF some SO years
= Ga the imaginary railway such q jour
uey would be q possible, for q q rsat man.
persons live longer than 30 years. Bn
I'm real life no one ever has Travelled !, al
no one ever viii travel, any thing like q
far. No human being ever has itravele
} 5000 .000 miles. aad il Is safe TO say the
, no Que ever will. h1Wsa,'"'l e, t''ss 5ne}}
To compfete this measure oijourney
ing would require 100000 miies ayes
for 50iyears. Some few, perhaps IN d
their iivss 'nasy have travelled 1,0oe. 900
/ miles, but these are probably rare exoer
50 We see that no one ever has lived VII
has Travelled more than a small spartso
the distance to Venus. Yet. compare
with other bodice in the system. thi
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