...Laputa had discovered two satellites of Mars ; " whereof the innermost is distant from the centre of the planet exactly three of his diameters and the outermost five ; the former revolves in the space of 10 hours and the latter in 21J." It was only in 1877 that these satellites were discovered by ourastronomers,...

...Gulliver's Travels as a tour de force of the improbable ! " They have likewise discovered two lesser stars, or satellites, which revolve about Mars, whereof the...revolves in the space of ten hours, and the latter in twentyone and a half ; so that the squares of their periodical times are very near in the same proportion...

...is distant from the planet exactly three of its diameters, and the outermost five of its diameters; the former revolves in the space of ten hours, and the latter in twenty-one and a half hours." Now mark. Mars's two moons do in fact consist of an inner and an outer...

...court. FARRAR, Early Chr. , I, 422, Note. ') outermost. They have likewise discovered two lesser stars or satellites which revolve about Mars, whereof the...exactly three of his diameters, and the outermost five. SWIFT, Gul. , 111, Ch. HI, (170a). Longstone (Is) one of the outermost of the Fame Islands. Mrs. MCCUNN,...

...do not contain above one third part of that number. They have likewise discovered two lesser stars, or satellites, which revolve about Mars, whereof the...the centre of the primary planet exactly three of the diameters, and the outermost five ; the former revolves hi the space of ten hours, and the latter...

...Gulliver's Travels Swift relates that the astronomers of Laputa " have discovered two lesser stars, or satellites, which revolve about Mars, whereof the...revolves in the space of ten hours and the latter in twenty-one and a half." If Swift had actually observed the satellites, these figures would have been...

...do not contain above one third part of that number. They have likewise discovered two lesser stars, or satellites, which revolve about Mars, whereof the...revolves in the space of ten hours, and the latter in twenty one and an half; so that the squares of their periodical times are very near in the same proportion...

...do not contain above one third part of that number. They have likewise discovered two lesser stars, or satellites, which revolve about Mars, whereof the...revolves in the space of ten hours, and the latter in twenty one and an half ; so that the squares of their periodical times are very near in the same proportion...

...Gulliver's Travels Swift relates that the astronomers of Laputa " have discovered two lesser stars, or satellites, which revolve about Mars, whereof the...revolves in the space of ten hours and the latter in twenty-one and a half." If Swift had actually observed the satellites, these figures would have been...

...is made to say, " They have likewise discovered two lesser stars or satellites, which revolve round Mars, whereof the innermost is distant from the centre of the primary planet exactly three of its diameters, and the outermost five ; the former revolves in the space of ten hours, and the latter...