Transcriber's Notes
When italics were used in the original book, the corresponding text has been surrounded by underscores. The oe ligature has been replaced by the letters oe. The Greek letter lambda has been represented as [lambda]. Some presumed printer's errors have been corrected. These have been listed in a second transcriber's note at the end of the text.
MARS AND ITS CANALS
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MARS
AND ITS CANALS
BY
PERCIVAL LOWELL
DIRECTOR OF THE OBSERVATORY AT FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA; NON-RESIDENT PROFESSOR OF ASTRONOMY AT THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES; MEMBRE DE LA SOCIÉTÉ ASTRONOMIQUE DE FRANCE; MEMBER OF THE ASTRONOMICAL AND ASTROPHYSICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA; MITGLIED DER ASTRONOMISCHEN GESELLSCHAFT; MEMBRE DE LA SOCIÉTÉ BELGE D’ASTRONOMIE; HONORARY MEMBER OF THE SOCIEDAD ASTRONOMICA DE MEXICO; JANSSEN MEDALIST OF THE SOCIÉTÉ ASTRONOMIQUE DE FRANCE, 1904, FOR RESEARCHES ON MARS; ETC., ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD. 1906
All rights reserved
COPYRIGHT, 1906, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
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Set up and electrotyped. Published December, 1906.
Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
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To
G. V. SCHIAPARELLI
THE COLUMBUS OF A NEW PLANETARY WORLD
THIS INVESTIGATION UPON IT
IS APPRECIATIVELY
INSCRIBED