Show THE SATURN runci fult observations banle by it i specula tiou tion lovin astronomer lt lit us its fancy ourselves on I 1 he satellite duran during ono one of its revolutions ti ons around its primary fron from to saturn the distance is about it half a if that thai of the moon from the earth this circumstance combined with the fact that sa saturn turn has a diameter if j 31 times greater than our moon causes tile the pt primary eniry to 0 o appear from this satellite 4 times irr cle r in in surface than sian our moon doe s to ton tie for 31 squared multiplied by 4 is were tile the full moon to come within 20 miles of us some night it aou would d tile measure about one de deree degree 0 ree ili in diante r imagine itz its volume suddenly to inc increase remse to that of saturn and its ia diameter la would be 31 deg degrees rees eight such bodies would shut c out every omaia in fit lite heavens front our sight I 1 t rushed around this conler center it at the rate of about miles pr pir minute but bett between Neen alimas and is the ho system of ring 0 q the outer braht brif flit one of which is only miles dist int lt L t us start at the lite moment whon is in fit alic tie plane odthe of the rinzs the fin 0 stretches along 0 the equator collator of the planet planca as a narrow band less bright than the surface of the primary primi iry As wo proceed in fit the revolution one of tho the ring rin appears reelecting reflect ino saturna Sa turns lim 0 lils when one quarter of the journey has wen made wo we have the best view po possible isible but bat is as we c can a n not depart from the plano more than fonroe four de gref frers s the rings must appear as aa if thoro there were only one the divisions visible from the earth can not be seen from the breadth of tile entire system of rings ringi is but tile the perspective from millias is always that of a narrow band when li linof alf the circuit has been m made ido wo we angain como come into tile tha plane and in the last halt half of tile tho journey a view of the other sido side of the rings is obtained the tha whole circuit of the planet i is accomplished accomplish in less tha than n one of tho the earths days our little satellite a is all tho the while turning int upon its own oven axis giving givin 0 a won darful varie variety to the celestial panorama ra ri the mi mighty 0 aty saturn rises and sets the other othe r moons the stars the sun bun jupiter and the other planets comets and meteors are all seen during our lunar day the theli visible movements constantly made on the surface of saturn fiust impress the observer as of a most stupendous nature we need have no fear of accepting all ther the imagination su suggests 0 casts as regards the commotions of semi suns such as sat fire and jupiter enceladus is only miles from himas and when at that dista dis lahce fice in its orbit appears about nine times larger than our moon does to us appears a little less in size than tile the moon titan is one sixth and one eightieth a of the moons surface but assuming ass 0 that tile the inhabitants inhabitant of mina slmaa as anil and other moons of saturn aber in that sta stage stae e of civilization which we are enjoys enjo yi it may be concluded that they have availed themselves of ill all our modes of acquiring 0 knowledge their lick telescope has baroug brought 1 it saturn down to within thirty miles of their tion lion and ince enceladus Enc ladus and the outer ring within about nine miles if 11 a railroad extends around the eq equator viator of it is quite possible that trains move fast elou enough ir to cause saturn to appear station stationary ary could atrain arain of cars leave new nety york at noon and move west around the earth on oil our line of lati latitude at the rate of about fourteen miles per iiii minute nute the sun would appear to be stationary to the passengers in other words it would be noon at ill all points passed by the train to steam around the equator of in the same time lime would require a velocity of only two miles per minute our engines are equal to this velocity but the people i f t the b e s satellites a t e ll 11 it c s 0 of f saturn may be a 1 1 i housand lio t is an d 0 or r e even ve ii ten thousand years ahead of us it in inventive genius they may may be quite able to visit the beautiful rings 0 above them and to carry on interlunar commerce in such ill an event their treatises on the tariff I protection to home industry bime bi me callic money taxation and other topics of international importance ought 0 to be carefully studied by the p earths legislative t bodies before any radical hanges changes aie made in our system of politic 11 economy christian at work |