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100 1 $aProctor, Richard A.$q(Richard Anthony),$d1837-1888.
245 10 $aOther worlds than ours :$bthe plurality of worlds studied under the light of recent scientific researches /$cby Richard A. Proctor.
250 $a4th ed., rev.
260 $aAkron, Ohio :$bWerner,$c[1909]
300 $a1 online resource ([1], x, [2], 307 p., [6] leaves of plates) :$bill. (some col.).
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $acomputer$bc$2rdamedia
338 $aonline resource$bcr$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aInternational science library
490 1 $aNineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I
500 $aReproduction of the original from the Huntington Library.
520 $aEnglish astronomer Richard A. Proctor was already a well-known populariser of science when he published Other Worlds Than Ours in 1870, joining a ferocious debate about the possibility of life on other planets in which Whewell (1853) and Brewster (1854) had also participated. Taking his cue from the seventeenth-century French astronomer Fontenelle's classic book The Plurality of Worlds, Proctor discusses Victorian discoveries about the solar system and describes what was then known about each of the planets. He evaluates the habitability of Mars, Jupiter, Mercury, Venus and Saturn in the light of his belief in the possibility of extraterrestrial life. The text includes many illustrations of the planets, a spectacular map of Mars, and theoretical views of the Milky Way. Influenced by Darwin, Proctor had a teleological view of the universe and believed that eventually the cosmos would be filled with living things.
650 0 $aAstronomy.
650 0 $aLife on other planets.
830 0 $aNineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I.
830 0 $aInternational science library.
856 40 $uhttp://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio10758695$3Gale, Nineteenth Century Collections Online
852 8 $blweb$hEBOOKS