Mars and Its Canals
Percival Lowell
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Length 10 h 7 min
Chapters 34
First published 1906
In the days before telescope photography, astronomers had to draw what they thought they saw through the eyepiece throughout the long dark nights. Sometimes they saw saw more than there really was to see, and a bit over 100 years ago Percival Lowell published books on what he was sure were canals on Mars, signs of intelligent civilization. (In case you too are skeptical, we also have at Librivox a criticism of Lowell's theories in a book published a year later (in 1907) by Alfred Russel Wallace.) - Summary by ToddHW
Chapters
1
Preface Read by Larry Wilson 4:40
2
On Exploration Read by Adrian Stephens 14:48
3
A Departure-point Read by Adrian Stephens 13:12
4
A Bird’s-eye View of Past Martian Discovery Read by Adrian Stephens 19:47
5
The Polar Caps Read by Adrian Stephens 13:45
6
Behavior of the Polar Caps Read by realisticspeakers 20:03
7
Martian Polar Expeditions Read by MysticV0ice 31:02
8
White Spots Read by Florence 14:16
9
Climate and Weather Read by Phil Aldred 26:38
10
Mountains and Cloud Read by Micfairy252 19:35
11
The Blue-green Areas Read by Anita Sloma-Martinez 16:56
12
Vegetation Read by AndrewConnolly 14:48
13
Terraqueousness and Terrestriality Read by Florence 28:05
14
The Reddish-ochre Tracts Read by SalvorHardin2020 15:20
15
Summary Read by EdwardMontes 20:18
16
The Canals Read by Camoman 16:22
17
Their System Read by Camoman 13:53
18
Gemination of the Canals Read by Camoman 18:39
19
The Double Canals, Parts 1 and 2 Read by Phil Aldred 37:06
20
The Double Canals, Parts 3 and 4 Read by Adrian Stephens 39:53
21
Canals in the Dark Regions Read by ToddHW 7:46
22
Oases Read by MysticV0ice 25:22
23
Carets on the Borders of the Great Diaphragm Read by Greg Giordano 9:40
24
The Canals Photographed Read by Availle 12:03
25
Canals: Kinematic Read by realisticspeakers 36:13
26
Canal Development Individually Instanced Read by wingyanli0903 10:44
27
Hibernation of the Canals Read by Melanie D. Young 18:03
28
Arctic Canals and Polar Rifts Read by Greg Giordano 8:19
29
Oases: Kinematic Read by EdwardMontes 6:02
30
Constitution of the Canals and Oases Read by Camoman 14:18
31
Life Read by Camoman 18:50
32
Evidence Read by KevinB 10:13
33
The Husbanding of Water Read by KevinB 15:43
34
Conclusion Read by Larry Wilson 14:14
From LibriVox, read by volunteers and in the public domain. LibriVox page (opens librivox.org) , the text (opens gutenberg.org) , all files on the Internet Archive (opens archive.org) .
