Is Mars habitable? A critical examination of Professor Percival Lowell's book "Mars and its canals," with an alternative explanation

CHAPTER V.

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TEMPERATURE OF MARS--MR. LOWELL'S ESTIMATE, --Problem of terrestrial temperature --Ice under recent lava --Tropical oceans ice-cold at bottom --Earth's surface-heat all from the sun --Absolute zero of temperature --Complex problem of planetary temperatures --Mr. Lowell's investigation of the problem --Abstract of Mr. Lowell's paper --Critical remarks on Mr. Lowell's paper.