Mars and its canals

Mars and Its Canals

Percival Lowell

Franklin Classics Trade Press

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1888 Original Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and company Subjects: East Asia Civilization, Oriental History / Asia / General History / Asia / India

The Soul of the Far East

History

Asia

Richard West

"The boyish belief that on the other side of our globe all things are of necessity upside down is startlingly brought back to the man when he first sets foot at Yokohama."

Soul of the Far East (Large Print Edition)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

BiblioBazaar

<p>MARS AS THE ABODE OF LIFE FOREWORD UP to the middle of the nineteenth century, astronomy was busied with motions. The wanderings of the planets in their courses attracted attention, and held thought to the practical exclusion of all else concerning them. It was to problems of this character that the great names of the past - Newton, Huygens, Laplace - were linked. But when the century that has gone was halfway through its course, a change came over the spirit of the investigation; with the advance in physics celestial searchers began to concern themselves with matter, too. Gravitational astronomy had regarded the planets from the point of view of how they act; physical astronomy is intent upon what they are. One outcome of this more intimate acquaintance is the new study with which the present papers deal: the evolution of the planets regarded as worlds. Such research has to do not merely with the aggregation of material, but with its subsequent metamorphoses\nTable of Contents\nCONTENTS; Foreword; PAGE I; PART I; CHAPTER; I The Genesis of a World; Catastrophic origin Meteorites Meteorite worship; Meteoric constitution of solar system Analogy of cataclysm to new stars (Novae) The meteorites gravitate together, generating heat Amount of heat depends on the mass of the body Substances vary with heat and pressure Mass the fundamental factor Cooling Life-history depends on size Planetologic eras; Present aspects of the planets our guide Geologic part of planetology Landscape the result of cooling Mountains in proportion to mass Volcanic phenomena ; Relative roughness of Earth, Moon, and Mars Mountains absent on Mars Slant illumination Importance to astronomers Applied to Mars Not indicative of mountains Two or three thousand feet limit of elevation on Mars; xii; CONTENTS; CHAPTER PACE; Internal heat of the three bodies 23 Darwinian theory of lunar origin , , , ,26 Confirmed by lunar surface 26; Probable comparative</p>

Mars as the Abode of Life (Classic Reprint)

Science & Math

Astronomy & Space Science

Forgotten Books

OCCULT JAPAN. ONTAKE. nJN the heart of Japan, withdrawn ~ alike by distance and by height from the commonplaces of the every-day world, rises a mountain known as Ontake or the Honorable Peak. It is a fine volcanic mass, sundered by deep valley-clefts from the great Hida-Shinshiu range, amidst which it stands dignifiedly aloof. Active once, it has been inactive now beyond the memory of Ulan. Yet its form lets one divine what it must have been in its day. For upon its summit are the crumbling walls of eight succeSSIve craters, piled in parapet up into the sky. It is not dead; it slumbers. For on its western face a single solfatara sends heavenward long, slender filaments of vapor, faintTable of Contents CONTENTS; PAGE; ONTAKE • • • • • • • • 1; SHINTO • • • • 16; lfIRACLES · • • • • • • 36; INCARNATIONS • • • • 97; PILGRDIAGES AND THE PILGRIM CLUBS • 193; THE GOHEI • • • 230; THE SHRINES OF ISE • • • 270; NOUMENA:; SELF • • 278; SELFHOOD A FORCE • • • • 0 • 285; POSSESSION • • 290; VILL • • • • • • 2gB; SELF AS IDEAS • • • 304; IDEAS A lfODE OF :MOTION • • • • 307; IDEAS A FORCE • • • 317; INDIVIDUALITY • • • • 320; THE JAPANESE CHARACTER · • • • 323; DREA~IS • • • • 332; HYPNOTIC TRANCES • • • • 343; POSSESSION TRANCES • • • • • 355; THE SHINTO GODS • • • • 368About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the difficult to read text.

Occult Japan: Or the Way of the Gods, an Esoteric Study of Japanese Personality and Possession (Classic Reprint)

Religion & Spirituality

Mars As The Abode Of Life

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Mars As the Abode of Life

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