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ONE of the most telling arguments which has been used against the possibility of the planet Mars being habitable has been that spectroscopists have failed to detect with certainty the presence of water vapour in the planet's atmosphere. It now seems probable that this objection will have to be abandoned, for, in a telegram recently received by Sir Norman Lockyer, Prof. Lowell announces that Mr. Slipher has got on repeated plates-specially prepared for this research-the water vapour bands a and near D stronger in the spectrum of Mars than in that of the moon at the same altitude.
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ROLSTON, W. Water Vapour in the Martian Atmosphere . Nature 77, 442 (1908). https://doi.org/10.1038/077442a0
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