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Eclipse, v. 1, issue 1, whole no. 1, February 1941
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ECLIPSE 17 NO. 1 MERCURY For our back cover this time, I'm sure you'll agree that our famous artist has excelled even his usual brilliant self in this excellent portrait of an inhabitant of Mercury. To make it even more remarkable, the picture agrees in every detail to the opinion of most reputable scientists as to what a Mercurian should look like. [Advertisement for VOICE of the Imagination depicting the earth surrounded by a banner with the words GLOBE CIRCLING GIRTH W-earth its weight! Issued every 2 mos.) written on it. The price 10c is in the lower left-hand corner with the following address in the lower-right hand corner: Box 6475 Met Sta Los Angeles Cal.] In determining the probably form of a living being on our innermost planet, we must first consider the environment. Mercury, smallest and nearest to the sun of any of the planets, has a diameter of ______ miles, an albedo of ________, and is exactly _________ miles, and two and a third inches from the sun. This close distance means that the surface temperature is too damned hot. Of course there's the night side of Mercury, but you couldn't see an inhabitant of the dark side, because it is dark, and what's the use of drawing a picture of something you can't see? So this portrait is confined only to dwellers on the sunny side of the street, I meant planet. Now, then, what type of organism could survive the merciless heat continually streaming from the sun? Nothing known on earth, of course. And I'm sure you'll agree that the being on the back cover is like nothing on earth. The light gravity, which amounts to only ____ of a g, constitutes another grave. It means, first of all, that there is no air on the planet. Which in turn means, of course, that the Mercurian, therefore, would have to be able to break up these metallic oxides and extract the oxygen fro them. Since he, certainly, can't be a walking blast furnance, he must do it chemically. Metallic oxides, as a rule, are hard to break up chemically. In view of the above facts, therefore, we feel that our artist has done a remarkably accurate illustration of a Mercurian. ------------------------------------- EDITORATIONS (concluded) from you. So don't forget to let us know your opinions. Which takes up about all the space we allotted ourselves this time. In fact, we have just enough room left to say so long.
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ECLIPSE 17 NO. 1 MERCURY For our back cover this time, I'm sure you'll agree that our famous artist has excelled even his usual brilliant self in this excellent portrait of an inhabitant of Mercury. To make it even more remarkable, the picture agrees in every detail to the opinion of most reputable scientists as to what a Mercurian should look like. [Advertisement for VOICE of the Imagination depicting the earth surrounded by a banner with the words GLOBE CIRCLING GIRTH W-earth its weight! Issued every 2 mos.) written on it. The price 10c is in the lower left-hand corner with the following address in the lower-right hand corner: Box 6475 Met Sta Los Angeles Cal.] In determining the probably form of a living being on our innermost planet, we must first consider the environment. Mercury, smallest and nearest to the sun of any of the planets, has a diameter of ______ miles, an albedo of ________, and is exactly _________ miles, and two and a third inches from the sun. This close distance means that the surface temperature is too damned hot. Of course there's the night side of Mercury, but you couldn't see an inhabitant of the dark side, because it is dark, and what's the use of drawing a picture of something you can't see? So this portrait is confined only to dwellers on the sunny side of the street, I meant planet. Now, then, what type of organism could survive the merciless heat continually streaming from the sun? Nothing known on earth, of course. And I'm sure you'll agree that the being on the back cover is like nothing on earth. The light gravity, which amounts to only ____ of a g, constitutes another grave. It means, first of all, that there is no air on the planet. Which in turn means, of course, that the Mercurian, therefore, would have to be able to break up these metallic oxides and extract the oxygen fro them. Since he, certainly, can't be a walking blast furnance, he must do it chemically. Metallic oxides, as a rule, are hard to break up chemically. In view of the above facts, therefore, we feel that our artist has done a remarkably accurate illustration of a Mercurian. ------------------------------------- EDITORATIONS (concluded) from you. So don't forget to let us know your opinions. Which takes up about all the space we allotted ourselves this time. In fact, we have just enough room left to say so long.
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