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Mars and Its Canals

In the days before telescope photography, astronomers had to draw what they thought they saw through the eyepiece throughout the long dark nights. Sometimes they saw saw more than there really was to see, and a bit over 100 years ago Percival Lowell published books on what he was sure were canals on Mars, signs of intelligent civilization. (In case you too are skeptical, we also have at Librivox a criticism of Lowell's theories in a book published a year later (in 1907) by Alfred Russel Wallace.) - Summary by ToddHW

Year of Publication: 1906Genres: Astronomy, Physics & Mechanics , *Non-fiction

Running Time: 10 hours 06 minutes 36 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Preface Larry Wilson	4:40
2	On Exploration Adrian Stephens	14:48
3	A Departure-point Adrian Stephens	13:12
4	A Bird’s-eye View of Past Martian Discovery Adrian Stephens	19:47
5	The Polar Caps Adrian Stephens	13:45
6	Behavior of the Polar Caps realisticspeakers	20:03
7	Martian Polar Expeditions MysticV0ice	31:02
8	White Spots Florence	14:16
9	Climate and Weather Phil Aldred	26:38
10	Mountains and Cloud Micfairy252	19:35
11	The Blue-green Areas Anita Sloma-Martinez	16:56
12	Vegetation AndrewConnolly	14:48
13	Terraqueousness and Terrestriality Florence	28:05
14	The Reddish-ochre Tracts SalvorHardin2020	15:20
15	Summary EdwardMontes	20:18
16	The Canals Camoman	16:22
17	Their System Camoman	13:53
18	Gemination of the Canals Camoman	18:39
19	The Double Canals, Parts 1 and 2 Phil Aldred	37:06
20	The Double Canals, Parts 3 and 4 Adrian Stephens	39:53
21	Canals in the Dark Regions ToddHW	7:46
22	Oases MysticV0ice	25:22
23	Carets on the Borders of the Great Diaphragm Greg Giordano	9:40
24	The Canals Photographed Availle	12:03
25	Canals: Kinematic realisticspeakers	36:13
26	Canal Development Individually Instanced wingyanli0903	10:44
27	Hibernation of the Canals Melanie D. Young	18:03
28	Arctic Canals and Polar Rifts Greg Giordano	8:19
29	Oases: Kinematic EdwardMontes	6:02
30	Constitution of the Canals and Oases Camoman	14:18
31	Life Camoman	18:50
32	Evidence KevinB	10:13
33	The Husbanding of Water KevinB	15:43
34	Conclusion Larry Wilson	14:14