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Broken Appearance of Saturn's Rings.

XII.
THE STRUCTURE OF THE PLANETS.

Were a city, in the heart of Africa, bombarded by an enemy employing the deadly projectiles of modern warfare, it would be possible for the besieged, though they had never before seen such objects, to discover, when picking them up, a unity of purpose. The Armstrong bolt and the Minié bullet, however different in appearance, would be