21. LitSearch: An Online Literary Database Noto An Unexplained Corner Of Japan by Lowell, Percival (18551916).Copyright 2001 Keith Ito. All Rights Reserved. Admin Control Panel. http://daily.stanford.edu/litsearch/servlet/DescribeWork?work=3234

22. Percival Lowell, Percival Lowell (18551916) was one of the best known observers of theplanet Mars. He established an observatory (now Lowell Observatory http://www.as.wvu.edu/~planet/marstalk/lowell.htm

P ercival L owell, M ars, a nd t he C anals T he Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli in 1877 was the first to report the presence on Mars of "canali" , an Italian word meaning naturally occurring channels , like river channels. P ercival Lowell (1855-1916) was one of the best known observers of the planet Mars. He established an observatory (now Lowell Observatory ) in Flagstaff, Arizona for the express purpose of observing the Martian "canali ", which Lowell mistranslated as "canals" . He concluded that these canals were built by intelligent beings to supposedly supply water from the melting polar caps to a desert world. Lowell at his 24 inch refracting telescope Lowell's Drawings of Mars Model of Lowell's Mars L owell's misunderstanding and overactive imagination led to the notion that Mars was inhabited by intelligent beings who were capable of planet wide engineering projects, and is the source of many science fiction stories about the red planet

23. Lowell, Percival Lowell, Percival (18551916). US astronomer who predicted the existence of a planetbeyond Neptune, starting the search that led to the discovery of Pluto 1930. http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Biographies/MainBiographies/L/LowellP/1.html

Lowell, Percival US astronomer who predicted the existence of a planet beyond Neptune, starting the search that led to the discovery of Pluto 1930. In 1894 he founded the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, where he reported seeing 'canals' (now known to be optical effects and natural formations) on the surface of Mars. Lowell was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and studied mathematics at Harvard. He spent 16 years in business and diplomacy, mainly in the Far East, before taking up astronomy, becoming professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1902. Influenced strongly by the work of Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli, Lowell set up his observatory at Flagstaff originally with the sole intention of confirming the presence of advanced life forms on Mars. He thought he could make out a complex and regular network of canals and regular seasonal variations that to him indicated agricultural activity. He led an expedition to the Chilean Andes in 1907 which produced the first high-quality photographs of the planet.

24. History Of Astronomy: What's New At This Site On July 13, 1999 Kuiper, Gerard Peter (19051973) Very short biography and links.L Lowell, Percival (1855-1916) Percival Lowell's resting place at http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/new/new990713.html

History of Astronomy What's new History of Astronomy: What's new at this site on July 13, 1999 Several URLs have been updated. Welcome / About Site map (complete Table of Contents) updated Citation Index updated Dead Links updated Acknowledgements updated History of astronomy Observatories and other places Birr , Ireland Birr Castle Demesne (Homepage) Persons A Apian [Apianus; Bienewitz; Bennewitz], Peter [Petrus] (1495-1552) Cosmographia: A Close Encounter On Petrus Apianus' Cosmographia (1533), edited and enlarged by Gemma Frisius, and on cosmography in general. Includes short biographies of both authors. G Gemma Frisius, Reiner [Regner, Regnier] (1508-1555) Cosmographia: A Close Encounter On Petrus Apianus' Cosmographia (1533), edited and enlarged by Gemma Frisius, and on cosmography in general. Includes short biographies of both authors. K Kennedy, Alexander Lorimer (1889-?) Very short biographical data and bibliography King, Phillip Parker (1791-1856) Short biography Very short biography Mentions that he had a small [astronomical?] observatory. Kuiper, Gerard Peter (1905-1973)

25. History Of Astronomy: Persons (L) Lowell, Abbott Lawrence (18561943) Very short biography. Lowell, Percival(1855-1916) Short biography and references; Short biography; http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/persons/pers_l.html

History of Astronomy Persons History of Astronomy: Persons (L) Deutsche Fassung La Condamine, Charles Marie de (1701-1774) Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.) La Hire, Gabriel-Philippe de [Philippe II] (1677-1719) Biographical data and references La Hire, Philippe de [Philippe I] (1640-1718) Biographical data and references Short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.) Short biography and references From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913 Labeyrie, Antoine (20th c.) Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove) Lacaille, Nicholas [Nicolas] Louis de (1713-1762) Very short biography (Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove) Very short biography With a list of southern constellations he named. Very short biography Very short biography Lacaille's Catalogue of Nebulae of the Southern Sky , by Hartmut Frommert Lacaille, Nicolas: "Planisphere contenant les Constellations Celestes" Find more about Lacaille with Alta Vista Lacondamine: see La Condamine, Charles Marie de (1701-1774) Lacroix, Sylvestre Francois (1765-1843)

26. Browse Top Level > Texts > Project Gutenberg > Authors > L Richard, 16181657? Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925; Lowell, James Russell,1819-1891; Lowell, Percival, 1855-1916; Lowndes, Marie Adelaide http://www.archive.org/texts/textslisting-browse.php?collection=gutenberg&cat=Au

27. "Thoughts On Mars At Lowell's Telescope" Percival Lowell (18551916) paid $20,000 for his telescope in 1896 -about $7 million in 2001 dollars. Lowell was a Boston aristocrat http://members.aol.com/dsfportree/lowellstelescope.htm

"Thoughts on Mars at Lowell's Telescope" David S. F. Portree (Author note: published an edited version of this brief piece in its October/November 2001 issue under the title "Closer to Mars.") It's a little past midnight on June 14, 2001, and Mars is a fiery orange dot low and due south in the Arizona sky. Tonight, a line drawn between Mars and the Sun passes through Earth. This geometry, called an opposition, recurs every 26 months. Telescopic observers eagerly await Mars oppositions, because they mean the Red Planet is near Earth, making it bright in the sky and large in telescopes. Space explorers like oppositions because they are opportunities for low-energy Mars flights. This opposition, Mars is about 42 million miles away. I'm at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, squinting through the eyepiece of a 105-year-old telescope and waiting for random, surprising moments of clarity. Earth's quivering atmosphere turns Mars into an astronomical Rorschach test. Sometimes the dark surface areas on Mars' orange disk look greenish, suggesting vegetation. Other times they look brown and linked by pale broad lines that fade quickly. They hint at some cryptic pattern, like a hieroglyph carved by a lost civilization. I think I see clouds over a region called Elysium, but it's tough to be sure. The old telescope is not at fault - the view is poor because of forest fire smoke and an approaching cold front. Percival Lowell (1855-1916) paid $20,000 for his telescope in 1896 - about $7 million in 2001 dollars. Lowell was a Boston aristocrat drawn irresistibly to things exotic. As a young man he lived in Japan and Korea. At mid-life, Mars became Lowell's passion, driving him into the mountains of the Arizona Territory in quest of clear skies. He established his observatory on a pine-covered ridge overlooking Flagstaff, 7200 feet above sea level. The site became known as Mars Hill.

28. Lowell, Percival Lowell, Percival (18551916), American astronomer, best known for hisbelief that there are canals on the surface of Mars. Back. http://www.datelineterra.com/apoc2010/glossary/lowell.htm

Lowell, Percival , American astronomer, best known for his belief that there are canals on the surface of Mars.

29. Apocalypse In 2010 - Glossary Lowell, Percival (18551916), American astronomer, best known for hisbelief that there are canals on the surface of Mars. Stratosphere http://www.datelineterra.com/apoc2010/glossary/glossary.htm

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30. Mars Main Index/Myth And Science Fiction/Early Twentieth Century Early Twentieth Century. Percival Lowell (18551916) Arguably, the mostdevoted observer of Mars from early history was Percival Lowell. http://calspace.ucsd.edu/marsnow/library/myths_and_science_fiction/myths4-early_

Part of the Mars Library Click here for Main Index Early Twentieth Century Percival Lowell (1855-1916): Prolonged examination of the red planet through the eye of a telescope commonly led to eyestrain, and most astronomers turned to cameras around the turn of the century. Yet even the finest photographic plates were so coarsely grained they could not capture the delicate lines of "vegetation-fringed canals" fifty or even hundreds of miles in width. Yet Lowell insisted that the canals did exist. He believed the canals were an intricate web of huge irrigation ditches, carrying water from the melting polar caps to the inhabitants of Mars. He believed the light and dark areas reflected seasonal changes due to crop cultivation, attempting to revive an arid desert world. His theory was motivated by the technological marvels of the Industrial Age: the completion of the 363-mile-long, 40-foot-wide Erie Canal connecting the Great Lakes with the Hudson River, and the 100-mile-long Suez Canal completed in 1869. Edgar Rice Burroughs: From A Princess of Mars (written in 1911, first published hardback in 1917): "I opened my eyes upon a strange and weird landscape. I knew that I was on Mars; not once did I question either my sanity or my wakefulness. I was not asleep, no need for pinching here; my inner consciousness told me as plainly that I was upon Mars as your conscious mind tells you that you are upon Earth. You do not question the fact; neither did I."

31. Anecdote Martian Venice? Lowell Predictions Science Lowell, Percival (18551916), American astronomer, brother of Amy and Abbott Lowellnoted for his establishment of Arizona's Flagstaff Observatory (1894) http://anecdotage.com/index.php?aid=3324

32. Press Kit Materials: Lowell Observatory's History Lowell Observatory The History FOUNDER Percival Lowell (18551916)Born a wealthy Boston aristocrat, Percival Lowell was an amateur http://www.lowell.edu/Press/history.html

Lowell Observatory: The History FOUNDER: Percival Lowell (1855-1916) Born a wealthy Boston aristocrat, Percival Lowell was an amateur astronomer passionately dedicated to finding proof of intelligent life on Mars. He graduated from Harvard in 1876 with distinction in mathematics. He came from a well-known family; his brother, Lawrence Abbott, was president of Harvard and his sister, Amy, a famous poet and critic, received a Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1926. Lowell traveled extensively in the Orient before deciding on a career in astronomy. On May 28, 1894, he founded Lowell Observatory, spurring a longstanding tradition of astronomical research and discovery in Arizona. At his observatory, Lowell launched research on a number of projects, leading to discoveries such as the planet Pluto and the first evidence of the expanding universe. FLAGSTAFF: The pursuit of the ideal location In April 1894, Percival Lowell was in a mad race to find the perfect location to build his observatory. Lowell wanted everything to be in place by late May, when his greatest astronomical interest, Mars, would be at its closest point to Earth an ideal time for him to gaze upon the Red Planet more closely. A. E. Douglass, Lowell's emissary and employee, was sent to test areas in the Arizona territory, including Tombstone, Tucson, Tempe and Prescott. Only Flagstaff, with its high elevation and clear skies, satisfied the pursuit for a site with excellent viewing conditions. The observatory was built on site 11, later named Mars Hill, a low hill just west and 330 feet above town. Not wasting time, Douglass ordered the building of a dome to house borrowed 18- and 12-inch telescopes. On May 28, 1894, Lowell and William Henry Pickering arrived in Flagstaff and began observations of Mars.

33. Directory :: Look.com Sites. Percival Lowell (18551916) Short biography. The Soul of the Far EastOnline book. Help build the largest human-edited directory on the Web. http://www.look.com/searchroute/directorysearch.asp?p=109023

34. Return To Mars Percival Lowell Percival Lowell (18551916) used his powerful telescopein Flagstaff to look for proof of alien life on Mars. http://www.azstarnet.com/mars2001/fact.html

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35. Percival Lowell - AnsMe.com Dictionary (define) Percival Lowell (noun) . 1. United States astronomer whose studies of Marsled him to conclude that Mars was inhabited (1855-1916) Synonyms Lowell. http://define.ansme.com/words/p/percival_lowell.html

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36. HyperDic, Online English Dictionary > Lowell astronomer whose studies of Mars led him to conclude that Mars was inhabited (18551916).Broader astronomer; uranologist; stargazer. Synonyms Percival Lowell. http://www.hyperdic.net/dic/L/Lowell.shtml

HyperDic Words Help HyperDic is a hyper-dictionary of English , based on WordNet , a semantic web of English words. This version links 27462 word forms, while the full offline dictionary on CD-rom covers more than 120,000 entries. Advertisements: Promote your products advertize on hyperdic.net 1001 Magazines magazine subscriptions TV-shopping order tv-products online The word " Lowell " has 4 different senses: Noun: person United States poet (1917-1977). person United States astronomer whose studies of Mars led him to conclude that Mars was inhabited (1855-1916). person United States poet (1874-1925). person United States educator and president of Harvard University (1856-1943). Pronunciation: l ow1 ah0 l Lowell Senses person Meaning: United States poet (1917-1977). Broader: poet Synonyms: Robert Lowell Robert Traill Spence Lowell Jr. Lowell Senses person Meaning: United States astronomer whose studies of Mars led him to conclude that Mars was inhabited (1855-1916). Broader: astronomer uranologist stargazer Synonyms: Percival Lowell Lowell Senses person Meaning: United States poet (1874-1925).

37. The Pluto Portal Click on the links below the person's pictures to learn about that person!Percival Lowell (18551916) Started the search for Planet X - Pluto! http://www.plutoportal.net/meetthepioneers.htm

Meet the Pioneers! Click on the links below the person's pictures to learn about that person! Percival Lowell (1855-1916) Started the search for Planet X - Pluto! Lowell Observatory - About Percival Lowell George Mason University - Percival Lowell XRefer.Com - Percival Lowell Clyde W. Tombaugh (1906-1997) Discovered the Planet Pluto! Check out the Pluto Portal's Discovery Links Section JPL's "The Struggles to Find the Ninth Planet" Burdett, Kansas and Clyde Tombaugh InfoPlease - Clyde Tombaugh Gerard Kuiper (1905-1973) Predicted the existence of a belt of comet-like debris at the edge of the Solar System, now known as the Kuiper Belt. Windows to the Universe - Gerard Kuiper NASA Quest - Gerard Kuiper Columbia Encyclopedia - Gerard Kuiper The Pluto Portal was envisioned by Dr. S. Alan Stern, Principal Investigator of the NASA New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt Mission and Director of the Department Of Space Studies, in Boulder, CO. Website made possibly by funding from the New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt Mission. Website created by Ted A. Nichols II. Banner and button artwork created by Daniel Durda of Southwest Research Insitute's Department of Space Studies in Boulder, CO. Imagery modified by Ted A. Nichols II, with permission. Site design help provided by Patricia Kurtz of

38. Lowell Percival Lowell (18551916) an American planetary astronomer, was best known forhis observations, depicted here, indicating (incorrectly) a canal network, and http://www.dudleyobservatory.org/Exhibits/lowell.htm

Flagstaff (Ariz.) Lowell Observatory Annals of the Lowell Observatory, Vol. 1. Percival Lowell (1855-1916) an American planetary astronomer, was best known for his observations, depicted here, indicating (incorrectly) a canal network, and therefore intelligent life, on Mars. The Dudley Observatory Last Top Next

39. Icarito Translate this page Percival Lowell. Percival Lowell (1855-1916), astrónomo estadounidenseque realizó observaciones significativas de los planetas. http://icarito.tercera.cl/enc_virtual/astronom/meteoro/personajes/lowell.html

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40. Amy Lowell’s Word Portrait Of The Library Of Congress Other prominent Lowells include her first cousin, the aristocratic poet James RussellLowell (18191891), her brother Percival (1855-1916), who left his mark http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/0101/poem_praise.html

The Library Today America's Library American Memory Exhibitions ... Search the Catalog January 2001 ‘The Congressional Library’ Amy Lowell’s Word Portrait of the Library of Congress BY KURT S. MAIER As the Library’s Bicentennial year draws to a close, the Bulletin takes a look at a poem written in the Library’s honor 78 years ago. In December 1922 the Literary Digest International Book Review published Amy Lowell’s “The Congressional Library.” The poem found no response with readers. Indeed, the only letter to the editor mentioning it was from Lowell herself, who pointed out in the January 1923 issue that the typesetter had transposed pages two and three of her manuscript “to the utter confusion of the poem.” The editor accommodated Lowell by reprinting her work in its correct form. Lowell, far from being the proverbially poor poet, was born in 1874 into a distinguished Massachusetts family and received the best education available to women in the 19th century. Other prominent Lowells include her first cousin, the aristocratic poet James Russell Lowell (1819-1891), her brother Percival (1855-1916), who left his mark as an astronomer, and her cousin-poet Robert Lowell (1917-1977). Until her death in 1925, Amy Lowell was also a noted essayist and biographer. Her first poems had been conventional. But joining the Imagist school of poet Ezra Pound, she soon became one of its leading proponents, together with Hilda Doolittle, William Butler Yeats, Ford Madox Ford, Richard Aldington and John Gould Fletcher.

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