From the Earth to the Moon / Round the Moon
| Book | De la terre à la lune |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Author | Jules Verne |
| Publisher | Nelson Doubleday, Inc. |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Pages / Font | 279 pages |
| Chapters | FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON
1. The Gun Club . . . 2
2. President Barbicane's Communication . . . 8
3. Effect of the President's Communication . . . 14
4. Reply from the Observatory of Cambridge . . . 17
5. The Romance of the Moon . . . 22
6. The Permissive Limits of Ignorance and Belief in the United States . . . 26
7. The Hymn of the Cannon-ball . . . 30
8. History of the Cannon . . . 36
9. The Question of Powders . . . 40
10. One Enemy v. Twenty-five Millions of Friends . . . 45
11. Florida and Texas . . . 50
12. Urbi and Orbi . . . 54
13. Stones Hill . . . 59
14. Picker and Trowel . . . 64
15. The Fete of the Casting . . . 68
16. The Columbiad . . . 72
17. A Telegraphic Dispatch . . . 76
18. The Passenger of the Atlanta . . . 77
19. A Monster Meeting . . . 82
20. Attack and Riposte . . . 88
21. How a Frenchman Manages an Affair . . . 96
22. The New Citizen of the United States . .
103
23. The Projectile-Vehicle . . . 107
24. The Telescope of the Rocky Mountains . . . 110
25. Final Details . . . 113
26. Fire! . . . 118
27. Foul Weather . . . 122
28. A New Star . . . 125
ROUND THE MOON
. . . . Preliminary Chapter . . . 128
1. From Twenty Minutes Past Ten to Forty-seven Minutes Past Ten P.M. . . . 133
2. The First Half-hour . . . 138
3. Their Place of Shelter . . . 149
4. A Little Algebra . . . 157
5. The Cold of Space . . . 163
6. Question and Answer . . . 170
7. A Moment of Intoxication . . . 177
8. At Seventy-eight Thousand Five Hundred and Fourteen Leagues . . . 185
9. The Consequences of a Deviation . . . 193
10. The Observers of the Moon . . . 199
11. Fancy and Reality . . . 202
12. Orographic Details . . . 205
13. Lunar Landscapes . . . 211
14. The Night of Three Hundred and Fifty-four Hours and a Half . . . 218
15. Hyperbola or Parabola . . . 226
16. The Southern Hemisphere . . . 234
17. Tycho . . . 237
18. Grave Questions . . . 244
19. A Struggle Against the Impossible . . . 251
20. The Soundings of the Susquehanna . . . 259
21. J. T. Matson Recalled . . . 264
22. Recovered from the Sea . . . 270
23. The End . . . 277 FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON
1. The Gun Club . . . 2
2. President Barbicane's Communication . . . 8
3. Effect of the President's Communication . . . 14
4. Reply from the Observatory of Cambridge . . . 17
5. The Romance of the Moon . . . 22
6. The Permissive Limits of Ignorance and Belief in the United States . . . 26
7. The Hymn of the Cannon-ball . . . 30
8. History of the Cannon . . . 36
9. The Question of Powders . . . 40
10. One Enemy v. Twenty-five Millions of Friends . . . 45
11. Florida and Texas . . . 50
12. Urbi and Orbi . . . 54
13. Stones Hill . . . 59
14. Picker and Trowel . . . 64
15. The Fete of the Casting . . . 68
16. The Columbiad . . . 72
17. A Telegraphic Dispatch . . . 76
18. The Passenger of the Atlanta . . . 77
19. A Monster Meeting . . . 82
20. Attack and Riposte . . . 88
21. How a Frenchman Manages an Affair . . . 96
22. The New Citizen of the United States . .
103
23. The Projectile-Vehicle . . . 107
24. The Telescope of the Rocky Mountains . . . 110
25. Final Details . . . 113
26. Fire! . . . 118
27. Foul Weather . . . 122
28. A New Star . . . 125
ROUND THE MOON
. . . . Preliminary Chapter . . . 128
1. From Twenty Minutes Past Ten to Forty-seven Minutes Past Ten P.M. . . . 133
2. The First Half-hour . . . 138
3. Their Place of Shelter . . . 149
4. A Little Algebra . . . 157
5. The Cold of Space . . . 163
6. Question and Answer . . . 170
7. A Moment of Intoxication . . . 177
8. At Seventy-eight Thousand Five Hundred and Fourteen Leagues . . . 185
9. The Consequences of a Deviation . . . 193
10. The Observers of the Moon . . . 199
11. Fancy and Reality . . . 202
12. Orographic Details . . . 205
13. Lunar Landscapes . . . 211
14. The Night of Three Hundred and Fifty-four Hours and a Half . . . 218
15. Hyperbola or Parabola . . . 226
16. The Southern Hemisphere . . . 234
17. Tycho . . . 237
18. Grave Questions . . . 244
19. A Struggle Against the Impossible . . . 251
20. The Soundings of the Susquehanna . . . 259
21. J. T. Matson Recalled . . . 264
22. Recovered from the Sea . . . 270
23. The End . . . 277 Show all ▾ |
| Notes | No information on colophon page |