In this vast universe space is like the ocean and the planets within it are comparable to the various stratas of pressure within the vast ocean. In each strata, human and all forms of life can be just as easily as the fish are in the ocean. Since other planets about this Earth planet are supposed to have rarefied air, then the human forms as well as all other forms would be of a finer structure, finer and more delicate as well as quicker in mentality. For we know that light pressures allow molecules to move about very fast, while heavy pressure slows them down.
So when we speak of a light pressure of air upon any planet and since it is logical that it be inhabited, then it would be farther in advancement than the people on the heavy pressure planet.
Scientists have analyzed numerous meteors and found them to be composed of rock and metal such as is found upon this Earth-plane. This has proven quite definitely that other planets are composed of the same minerals as our own planet. Of course, this has also been proven by means of the spectroscope which analyzes the light rays reflected from the planets, but the meteors alone are proof to even the most skeptical person.
Perhaps the most interesting discovery in regard to these meteors is that made by Dr. Charles B. Lipman, of the University of California. With the aid of modern scientific equipment Dr. Lipman analyzed the interior of many meteors and found them to contain life-germs which correspond perfectly with those found on our own planet. What a marvelous thought to consider is this, that the great universe with its billions of planets and millions of solar systems is sending from one planet to another a message of all-inclusive life. These meteors drop on other planets just as they do upon our own, and in their hearts they carry the story of relativity.
Upon these facts, known law and common-sense logic we base what you are about to read.
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FACTS ABOUT MOUNT PALOMAR OBSERVATORIES
$6-1/2 million endowment of General Education Fund of Rockefeller Institute.
2,040 acres.
5,500-foot altitude.
137-foot diameter revolving dome, weight 1,000 ton.
200-inch telescope tube, 60-foot long, weight 150 ton.
200-inch Pyrex mirror, weight 15 ton, 2-foot thick at edge.
500 ton weight of whole mounting.
20-foot diameter dome, housing 18-inch telescope.
45-foot diameter dome, housing 48-inch telescope.
Museum for display of astronomical views.
Cottages for maintenance families.
200-inch mirror brought up November 17, 1947.
First test picture taken December 23, 1947.
Light travels 186,000 miles per second.
About 6 trillion miles equals 1 light year.
200-inch telescope looks out 1 billion light years.