Mars and its Canals
Percival Lowell
Mars and its Canals
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MARS AND ITS CANALS
PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PART I NATURAL FEATURES
CHAPTER I ON EXPLORATION
CHAPTER II A DEPARTURE-POINT
CHAPTER III A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF PAST MARTIAN DISCOVERY
CHAPTER IV THE POLAR CAPS
CHAPTER V BEHAVIOR OF THE POLAR CAPS
CHAPTER VI MARTIAN POLAR EXPEDITIONS
CHAPTER VII WHITE SPOTS
CHAPTER VIII CLIMATE AND WEATHER
CHAPTER IX MOUNTAINS AND CLOUD
CHAPTER X THE BLUE-GREEN AREAS
CHAPTER XI VEGETATION
CHAPTER XII TERRAQUEOUSNESS AND TERRESTRIALITY
CHAPTER XIII THE REDDISH-OCHRE TRACTS
CHAPTER XIV SUMMARY
PART II NON-NATURAL FEATURES
CHAPTER XV THE CANALS
CHAPTER XVI THEIR SYSTEM
CHAPTER XVII GEMINATION OF THE CANALS
I. The Diplopic Theory
II. The Interference Theory
III. The Illusion Theory
CHAPTER XVIII THE DOUBLE CANALS
I
II
III
IV
CHAPTER XIX CANALS IN THE DARK REGIONS
CHAPTER XX OASES
CHAPTER XXI CARETS ON THE BORDERS OF THE GREAT DIAPHRAGM
CHAPTER XXII THE CANALS PHOTOGRAPHED
PART III THE CANALS IN ACTION
CHAPTER XXIII CANALS: KINEMATIC
CHAPTER XXIV CANAL DEVELOPMENT Individually Instanced
CHAPTER XXV HIBERNATION OF THE CANALS
CHAPTER XXVI ARCTIC CANALS AND POLAR RIFTS
CHAPTER XXVII OASES: KINEMATIC
PART IV EXPLANATION
CHAPTER XXVIII CONSTITUTION OF THE CANALS AND OASES
CHAPTER XXIX LIFE
CHAPTER XXX EVIDENCE
CHAPTER XXXI THE HUSBANDING OF WATER
CHAPTER XXXII CONCLUSION
INDEX
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