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Mars and Its Canals

Percival Lowell

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1. Front matter 2. PREFACE 3. PART I NATURAL FEATURES 4. CHAPTER I ON EXPLORATION 5. CHAPTER II A DEPARTURE-POINT 6. CHAPTER III A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF PAST MARTIAN DISCOVERY 7. CHAPTER IV THE POLAR CAPS 8. CHAPTER V BEHAVIOR OF THE POLAR CAPS 9. CHAPTER VI MARTIAN POLAR EXPEDITIONS 10. CHAPTER VII WHITE SPOTS 11. CHAPTER VIII CLIMATE AND WEATHER 12. CHAPTER IX MOUNTAINS AND CLOUD 13. CHAPTER X THE BLUE-GREEN AREAS 14. CHAPTER XI VEGETATION 15. CHAPTER XII TERRAQUEOUSNESS AND TERRESTRIALITY 16. CHAPTER XIII THE REDDISH-OCHRE TRACTS 17. CHAPTER XIV SUMMARY 18. CHAPTER XV THE CANALS 19. CHAPTER XVI THEIR SYSTEM 20. CHAPTER XVII GEMINATION OF THE CANALS 21. CHAPTER XVIII THE DOUBLE CANALS 22. CHAPTER XIX CANALS IN THE DARK REGIONS 23. CHAPTER XX OASES 24. CHAPTER XXI CARETS ON THE BORDERS OF THE GREAT DIAPHRAGM 25. CHAPTER XXII THE CANALS PHOTOGRAPHED 26. CHAPTER XXIII CANALS: KINEMATIC 27. CHAPTER XXIV CANAL DEVELOPMENT Individually Instanced 28. CHAPTER XXV HIBERNATION OF THE CANALS 29. CHAPTER XXVI ARCTIC CANALS AND POLAR RIFTS 30. CHAPTER XXVII OASES: KINEMATIC 31. CHAPTER XXVIII CONSTITUTION OF THE CANALS AND OASES 32. CHAPTER XXIX LIFE 33. CHAPTER XXX EVIDENCE 34. CHAPTER XXXI THE HUSBANDING OF WATER 35. CHAPTER XXXII CONCLUSION 36. INDEX 37. Transcriber's Notes

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