SATURX, 



AS SEEN IN NOVEMBER, 1852, WITH A REFRACTOR OF 6 INCH APERTURE AT 

 WATERINGBURY NEAR MAIDSTONE, BY W. R. DAWES. 



THE PLANETS : 



ARE THEY INHABITED WORLDS] 



CHAPTER IY. 



1. Apparent magnitudes of the moons as seen from Saturn. 2. Their 

 phases Short Saturnian months. 3. Solar and lunar eclipses. 

 4. Discovery of the rings. 5. Phases of the rings as seen from the 

 earth. 6. Their appearance when seen edgeways in 1848 Schmidt's 

 drawings of them. 7. Mountains upon them. 8. Their dimensions. 

 9. Discovery of the obscure semi-reflective rings. 10. Dawes' 

 telescopic view of the planet and rings. 11. Appearance of the rings 

 as seen from Saturn. 12. Errors committed on this subject by Bode, 

 Herschel, Madler, and others. 13. Correction of these errors. 

 14. Appearance of rings will vary with the latitude of the observer. 

 15. Illustrative diagrams. 16. Recapitulation. 17. No difficulty 

 can arise in admitting the possibility of differently organised tribes on 

 the different planets. 18. The sun, its physical character incom- 

 patible with habitability. 19. The moon not habitable. 20. Nor 

 the satellites. 21. Comets not habitable. 22. The planetoids er 

 asteroids. 



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