The Plurality of Worlds
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From the moon's prox- imity to us, (she is distant only thirty diameters of the earth, less than ten times the earth's circumference ; a railroad car- riage, at its ordinary rate of travelling, would reach her in a month,) she can be examined by the astronomer with peculiar advantages. The present powers of the telescope enable him to examine her mountains as distinctly as he could the Alps at a few hundred miles distance, with the naked eye ; with the additional ad^'antage that her mountains a...re much more bril- liantly illuminated by the Sun, and much more favorably placed for examiiiation, than the Alps are. He can map and model the Inequalities of her surface, as faithfully and exactly THE PLANETS. 197 as he can those of the surface of Switzerland. He can trace the streams that seem to have flowed from eruptive orifices over her plains, as he can the streams of lava from the craters of Etna or Hecla.
8. Now, this minute examination of the Moon's surface being possible, and having been made, by many careful and skilful astronomers, what is the conviction which has been conveyed to their minds, with regard to the fact of her being the seat of vegetable or animal life ?
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
From the moon's prox- imity to us, (she is distant only thirty diameters of the earth, less than ten times the earth's circumference ; a railroad car- riage, at its ordinary rate of travelling, would reach her in a month,) she can be examined by the astronomer with peculiar advantages. The present powers of the telescope enable him to examine her mountains as distinctly as he could the Alps at a few hundred miles distance, with the naked eye ; with the additional ad^'antage that her mountains a...re much more bril- liantly illuminated by the Sun, and much more favorably placed for examiiiation, than the Alps are. He can map and model the Inequalities of her surface, as faithfully and exactly THE PLANETS. 197 as he can those of the surface of Switzerland. He can trace the streams that seem to have flowed from eruptive orifices over her plains, as he can the streams of lava from the craters of Etna or Hecla.
8. Now, this minute examination of the Moon's surface being possible, and having been made, by many careful and skilful astronomers, what is the conviction which has been conveyed to their minds, with regard to the fact of her being the seat of vegetable or animal life ?
What to read after The Plurality of Worlds?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by William Whewell to read onlineMoreLess
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