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Spectroscopic examinations of Mars, by Dr. Campbell, Director of Lick Observatory, showed that there is no
oxygen, and that there is no water vapor on Mars. Spectroscopic examination of Mars by Huggins shows
abundance of oxygen and water vapor--the same as the planet Earth.
Most astronomers agree, however, that there is water on Mars and that it has an atmosphere. Yet they have
had no success in using the spectroscope and only a few vacuum thermocouple readings have produced heat
measurements. Astronomers are even in disagreement with each other on the topography of Mars even though
it is the most easily viewed of all planets from the Earth. Guesses and more guesses!
Charles Fort, who showed up the spectroscope for what is really is, said: "When anything new appears, for
which there is no convention, the bewilderment of the astronomers is made apparent, and the worthlessness of
spectroscopy in astronomy is shown to all except those who do not want to be shown."
Ley says: "The hard work in spectroscopy is the proper application of the principle. At first, most of the hard
work consisted of finding out by experiment which element, what lines, and where; and what the gases of the
atmosphere through which light passed did to the lines originally contained, and so forth. And now the hard
work consists mostly in untangling lines. Only a very few elements produce just a few lines; most of them
cause whole sets. And one of the lines of element A is only too likely to obscure a line of element B, which in
turn and in wonderful collaboration with element A, may blot out the lines of element C and D."
Since there are many elements in our atmosphere, how are we to be sure that the spectroscope is giving us a
true picture? Might not the hydrogen we see on the Sun be in our own atmosphere?
Those who say that astronomy, physics and mathematics are "true and pure" science need to investigate the
situation more thoroughly. An English astronomer, John Robinson, is not afraid to come to grips with the
most modern theories and searchingly analyze them. For example, he strikes a blow to the theory that the
planet Venus may be a dust-bowl instead of a cloud-enshrouded planet. The Dust Bowl theory is based on the
spectroscopic examination of the upper atmosphere of Venus which reveals no water-vapor and quantities of
carbon-monoxide at that level. Robinson points out that at seventy miles above the surface of the Earth the
atmosphere contains no oxygen or water vapor at all, and that the atmosphere is almost one-hundred per cent
hydrogen, an entirely unbreathable and highly inflammable gas. The Earth nevertheless teems with life despite
the fact that there is no oxygen and water-vapor in the outer four-hundred miles of its atmosphere. All oxygen,
water-vapor, and hence life exist only within a few miles of the surface. Robinson says: "It is the bottom
layers of atmosphere rather than the top ones which decide the habitability of a planet. Living creatures live
and breathe in the lowermost layers of atmosphere next to the solid surface. It is the composition of these
strata that counts and not the composition of those ten or a hundred miles up." Robinson's book, The Universe
We Live In, should be read by everyone for it proves that science is not "pure" anything except guesswork.
Dr. William A. Baum of the Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories and Dr. A. D. Code of the Washburn
Observatory, Madison, Wisconsin, recently announced that Jupiter's atmosphere is made up largely of
hydrogen and helium, not methane and ammonia as was previously thought. However, these scientists believe
because of the discovery of hydrogen and helium on Jupiter, the heavier gases, such as nitrogen and oxygen
that make up the Earth's atmosphere are nearly absent on Jupiter. But Robinson has shown us that at seventy
miles above the surface of the Earth there is neither nitrogen nor oxygen and the atmosphere is nearly pure
hydrogen. Therefore, Jupiter is similar to the Earth and we can expect to find living creatures close to the
planet's surface as we do here.
Once the "true and pure" science said methane, now they say hydrogen. _True and pure?_ By whose criteria?
James Rainwater and Val Fitch of Columbia University say that the nucleus of the atom is some fifteen to
twenty per cent smaller in diameter and about twice as dense as had been supposed. Since a fifteen per cent
reduction of the diameter of a sphere reduces its volume almost by half, the nuclear particles must be