The Vailan or annular theory, by Stephen Bowers 68690 [Subtitle: A synopsis of Prof. I. N. Vail's argument in support of the claim that this Earth once possessed a Saturn-like system of rings] [Author: Stephen Bowers] [Link: https://www.gutenberg.org/6/8/6/9/68690] [Files: 68690-0.txt; 68690-h.htm] Thanks to Sonya Schermann, Thomas Frost and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive). Congratulations on your first direct upload, Thomas! Regards, Chuck