Are the Planets Inhabited?

by E. Walter Maunder

Harper’s Library of Living Thought

ARE THE PLANETS
INHABITED?

BY
E. WALTER MAUNDER, F.R.A.S.
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SOLAR DEPARTMENT, ROYAL OBSERVATORY
GREENWICH
AUTHOR OF “ASTRONOMY WITHOUT A TELESCOPE”
“THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, GREENWICH, ITS HISTORY AND WORK”
“THE ASTRONOMY OF THE BIBLE,” “THE HEAVENS AND THEIR STORY”
ETC.

HARPER & BROTHERS
LONDON AND NEW YORK

45 ALBEMARLE STREET, W.
1913

Published March, 1913

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
[I.]	The Question Stated	[1]
[II.]	The Living Organism	[6]
[III.]	The Sun	[20]
[IV.]	The Distribution of the Elements in Space	[33]
[V.]	The Moon	[43]
[VI.]	The Canals of Mars	[57]
[VII.]	The Condition of Mars	[71]
[VIII.]	The Illusions of Mars	[96]
[IX.]	Venus, Mercury and the Asteroids	[111]
[X.]	The Major Planets	[122]
[XI.]	When the Major Planets Cool	[133]
[XII.]	The Final Question	[143]
	Index	[163]