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The Moon-Voyage By: Jules Verne (1828-1905) |
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CONTAINING
"FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON,"
AND
"ROUND THE MOON." BY JULES VERNE, AUTHOR OF "TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA,"
"AMONG THE CANNIBALS," ETC. ILLUSTRATED BY HENRY AUSTIN. CONTENTS. "FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON." I. THE GUN CLUB II. PRESIDENT BARBICANE'S COMMUNICATION III. EFFECT OF PRESIDENT BARBICANE'S COMMUNICATION IV. ANSWER FROM THE CAMBRIDGE OBSERVATORY V. THE ROMANCE OF THE MOON VI. WHAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE AND WHAT IS NO LONGER ALLOWED TO
BE BELIEVED IN THE UNITED STATES VII. THE HYMN OF THE CANNON BALL VIII. HISTORY OF THE CANNON IX. THE QUESTION OF POWDERS X. ONE ENEMY AGAINST TWENTY FIVE MILLIONS OF FRIENDS XI. FLORIDA AND TEXAS XII. "URBI ET ORBI" XIII. STONY HILL XIV. PICKAXE AND TROWEL XV. THE CEREMONY OF THE CASTING XVI. THE COLUMBIAD XVII. A TELEGRAM XVIII. THE PASSENGER OF THE ATLANTA XIX. A MEETING XX. THRUST AND PARRY XXI. HOW A FRENCHMAN SETTLES AN AFFAIR XXII. THE NEW CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES XXIII. THE PROJECTILE COMPARTMENT XXIV. THE TELESCOPE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS XXV. FINAL DETAILS XXVI. FIRE XXVII. CLOUDY WEATHER XXVIII. A NEW STAR "ROUND THE MOON." PRELIMINARY CHAPTER. CONTAINING A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE FIRST PART OF
THIS WORK TO SERVE AS PREFACE TO THE SECOND I. FROM 10.20 P.M. TO 10.47 P.M. II. THE FIRST HALF HOUR III. TAKING POSSESSION IV. A LITTLE ALGEBRA V. THE TEMPERATURE OF SPACE VI. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS VII. A MOMENT OF INTOXICATION VIII. AT SEVENTY EIGHT THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN LEAGUES IX. THE CONSEQUENCES OF DEVIATION X. THE OBSERVERS OF THE MOON XI. IMAGINATION AND REALITY XII. OROGRAPHICAL DETAILS XIII. LUNAR LANDSCAPES XIV. A NIGHT OF THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOUR HOURS AND A HALF XV. HYPERBOLA OR PARABOLA XVI. THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE XVII. TYCHO XVIII. GRAVE QUESTIONS XIX. A STRUGGLE WITH THE IMPOSSIBLE XX. THE SOUNDINGS OF THE SUSQUEHANNA XXI. J.T. MASTON CALLED IN XXII. PICKED UP XXIII. THE END
FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON.
CHAPTER I. THE GUN CLUB.
During the Federal war in the United States a new and very influential
club was established in the city of Baltimore, Maryland. It is well
known with what energy the military instinct was developed amongst that
nation of shipowners, shopkeepers, and mechanics. Mere tradesmen jumped
their counters to become extempore captains, colonels, and generals
without having passed the Military School at West Point; they soon
rivalled their colleagues of the old continent, and, like them, gained
victories by dint of lavishing bullets, millions, and men. But where Americans singularly surpassed Europeans was in the science of
ballistics, or of throwing massive weapons by the use of an engine; not
that their arms attained a higher degree of perfection, but they were of
unusual dimensions, and consequently of hitherto unknown ranges. The
English, French, and Prussians have nothing to learn about flank,
running, enfilading, or point blank firing; but their cannon, howitzers,
and mortars are mere pocket pistols compared with the formidable engines
of American artillery. This fact ought to astonish no one. The Yankees, the first mechanicians
in the world, are born engineers, just as Italians are musicians and
Germans metaphysicians. Thence nothing more natural than to see them
bring their audacious ingenuity to bear on the science of ballistics.
Hence those gigantic cannon, much less useful than sewing machines, but
quite as astonishing, and much more admired. The marvels of this style
by Parrott, Dahlgren, and Rodman are well known. There was nothing left
the Armstrongs, Pallisers, and Treuille de Beaulieux but to bow before
their transatlantic rivals. Therefore during the terrible struggle between Northerners and
Southerners, artillerymen were in great request; the Union newspapers
published their inventions with enthusiasm, and there was no little
tradesman nor naïf "booby" who did not bother his head day and night
with calculations about impossible trajectory engines... Continue reading book >>
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