Round the Moon

By Verne, Jules

Book Id: WPLBN0000621743
Format Type: PDF eBook:
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Round the Moon
Author:	Verne, Jules
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature, Literature & thought, Writing.
Collections:	Classic Literature Collection, Blackmask Online Collection
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Publisher:	Blackmask Online


Citation APA MLA Chicago Verne, B. J. (n.d.). Round the Moon. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.us/

Description
Excerpt: During the year 186?, the whole world was greatly excited by a scientific experiment unprecedented in the annals of science. The members of the Gun Club, a circle of artillerymen formed at Baltimore after the American war, conceived the idea of putting themselves in communication with the moon! ? yes, with the moon ? by sending to her a projectile. Their president, Barbicane, the promoter of the enterprise, having consulted the astronomers of the Cambridge Observatory upon the subject, took all necessary means to ensure the success of this extraordinary enterprise, which had been declared practicable by the majority of competent judges. After setting on foot a public subscription, which realized nearly L1,200,000, they began the gigantic work.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: Round the Moon, 1 -- Jules Verne, 1 -- PRELIMINARY CHAPTER. THE FIRST PART OF THIS WORK, AND SERVING AS A -- Preface TO THE SECOND, 1 -- Chapter I. TWENTY MINUTES PAST TEN TO FORTY?SEVEN MINUTES PAST TEN P. -- M, 3 -- Chapter II. THE FIRST HALF?HOUR, 7 -- Chapter III. THEIR PLACE OF SHELTER, 14 -- Chapter IV. A LITTLE ALGEBRA, 19 -- Chapter V. THE COLD OF SPACE, 23 -- Chapter VI. QUESTION AND ANSWER, 28 -- Chapter VII. A MOMENT OF INTOXICATION, 33 -- Chapter VIII. AT SEVENTY?EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN -- LEAGUES, 39 -- Chapter IX. THE CONSEQUENCES OF A DEVIATION, 44 -- Chapter X. THE OBSERVERS OF THE MOON, 47 -- Chapter XI. FANCY AND REALITY, 49 -- Chapter XII. OROGRAPHIC DETAILS, 50 -- Chapter XIII. LUNAR LANDSCAPES, 54 -- Chapter XIV. THE NIGHT OF THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY?FOUR HOURS AND A -- HALF, 58 -- Chapter XV. HYPERBOLA OR PARABOLA, 63 -- Chapter XVI. THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE, 68 -- Chapter XVII. TYCHO, 69 -- Chapter XVIII. GRAVE QUESTIONS, 73 -- Chapter XIX. A STRUGGLE AGAINST THE IMPOSSIBLE, 77 -- Chapter XX. THE SOUNDINGS OF THE SUSQUEHANNA, 83 -- Chapter XXI. J. T. MASTON RECALLED, 87 -- Chapter XXII. RECOVERED FROM THE SEA, 91 -- Chapter XXIII. THE END, 95