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From the Earth to the Moon, Direct in Ninety-Seven Hours and Twenty Minutes: and a Trip Round It

From the Earth to the Moon, Direct in Ninety-Seven Hours and Twenty Minutes: and a Trip Round It

by Jules Verne

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Author
Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
Credits
an anonymous volunteer from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)
Language
English
LoC Class
PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject
Manned space flight -- Fiction
Category
Text
eBook-No.
44278
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44278
Release Date
November 24, 2013
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.E-text prepared by by
  2. 2.CONTENTS — FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON. — ROUND THE MOON.
  3. 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
  4. 4.CHAPTER I. — THE GUN CLUB.
  5. 5.CHAPTER II. — PRESIDENT BARBICANE'S COMMUNICATION.
  6. 6.CHAPTER III. — EFFECT OF THE PRESIDENT'S COMMUNICATION.
  7. 7.CHAPTER IV. — REPLY FROM THE OBSERVATORY OF CAMBRIDGE.
  8. 8.CHAPTER V. — THE ROMANCE OF THE MOON.
  9. 9.CHAPTER VI. — THE PERMISSIVE LIMITS OF IGNORANCE AND BELIEF IN THE UNITED STATES.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VII. — THE HYMN OF THE CANNON-BALL.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. — HISTORY OF THE CANNON.
  12. 12.CHAPTER IX. — THE QUESTION OF THE POWDERS.
  13. 13.CHAPTER X. — ONE ENEMY v. TWENTY-FIVE MILLIONS OF FRIENDS.
  14. 14.CHAPTER XI. — FLORIDA AND TEXAS.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XII. — URBI ET ORBI.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. — STONES HILL.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. — PICKAXE AND TROWEL.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XV. — THE FÊTE OF THE CASTING.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XVI. — THE COLUMBIAD.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVII. — A TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII. — THE PASSENGER OF THE "ATLANTA."
  22. 22.CHAPTER XIX. — A MONSTER MEETING.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XX. — ATTACK AND RIPOSTE.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XXI. — HOW A FRENCHMAN MANAGES AN AFFAIR.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXII. — THE NEW CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII. — THE PROJECTILE-VEHICLE.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV. — THE TELESCOPE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXV. — FINAL DETAILS.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXVI. — FIRE!
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXVII. — FOUL WEATHER.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVIII. — A NEW STAR.
  32. 32.ROUND THE MOON:
  33. 33.PRELIMINARY CHAPTER. — RECAPITULATING THE FIRST PART OF THIS WORK, AND SERVING AS A PREFACE TO THE SECOND.
  34. 34.CHAPTER I. — FROM TWENTY MINUTES PAST TEN TO FORTY-SEVEN MINUTES PAST TEN P.M.
  35. 35.CHAPTER II. — THE FIRST HALF-HOUR.
  36. 36.CHAPTER III. — THEIR PLACE OF SHELTER.
  37. 37.CHAPTER IV. — A LITTLE ALGEBRA.
  38. 38.CHAPTER V. — THE COLD OF SPACE.
  39. 39.CHAPTER VI. — QUESTION AND ANSWER.
  40. 40.CHAPTER VII. — A MOMENT OF INTOXICATION.
  41. 41.CHAPTER VIII. — AT SEVENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN LEAGUES.
  42. 42.CHAPTER IX. — THE CONSEQUENCES OF A DEVIATION.
  43. 43.CHAPTER X. — THE OBSERVERS OF THE MOON.
  44. 44.CHAPTER XI. — FANCY AND REALITY.
  45. 45.CHAPTER XII. — OROGRAPHIC DETAILS.
  46. 46.CHAPTER XIII. — LUNAR LANDSCAPES.
  47. 47.CHAPTER XIV. — THE NIGHT OF THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR HOURS AND A HALF.
  48. 48.CHAPTER XV. — HYPERBOLA OR PARABOLA.
  49. 49.CHAPTER XVI. — THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE.
  50. 50.CHAPTER XVII. — TYCHO.
  51. 51.CHAPTER XVIII. — GRAVE QUESTIONS.
  52. 52.CHAPTER XIX. — A STRUGGLE AGAINST THE IMPOSSIBLE.
  53. 53.CHAPTER XX. — THE SOUNDINGS OF THE "SUSQUEHANNA."
  54. 54.CHAPTER XXI. — J. T. MASTON RECALLED.
  55. 55.CHAPTER XXII. — RECOVERED FROM THE SEA.
  56. 56.CHAPTER XXIII. — THE END

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