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The Astronomer Royal, Dr. H. Spencer Jones, delivered at Gold- smiths' Hall the Norman Lockyer Lecture of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.
Dealing with the planets, he sug- gested that Mars, which now lack- ed oxygen,
an essential for life, was in a state which the would one day reach.
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Investigations of recent years, : he said, had led to the following conclusions concerning the planets: Mercury. The evidence of an atmosphere on Mercury is not fully conclusive, but faint and transient shadings on the planet have been in- terpreted as indications of an atmo- sphere. It is certain, however, that most of the original atmosphere must have been lost.
The Earth.
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Whenever organic matter is buried, as in coa. measures and oil deposits, so that it cannot. become oxidised and decay, there is a net gain of oxygen to the atmosp here.
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It seems probable that the present abundance of oxygen in the atmosp- here has been provided in this way, nd that if the coal, oil and other organic deposits could be unburied and completely burned the whole of
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the oxygen in the atmosphere would MILDER WEATHER 1915/160
be used up. Venus.
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Venus will have an atmosphere com- A period of milder weather ap-was quoted at £-U.S.$4.6750
in pears to have set in following the New York on London rate at extent and density. The presence Saturday's drizzle.
parable with that of the Earth
of an extensive atmosphere is con- firmed by observation.
Yesterday the temperature reach- ed 63 degrees and this morning at Her disc shows faint, ill-defined, 10 a.m. the temperature was 61 transient markings, which are evi-degrees. Coldest during the night dently cloud phenomena. No sur- was 56 degrees.
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face details are shown, even photographs with infra-red sensi- tive plates.
It is not improbable that the temperature on the surface of Venus may be as high as, or higher than, that of boiling water.
MARS UNIQUE
The high temperature, the lack of
The Royal Observatory states that the anti-cyclone is now mov- ing eastward; pressure is highest over Korea. The depres-
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