From the Earth to the Moon / Round the Moon
| Book | De la terre à la lune |
| 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 |
| Notes | No information on colophon page |
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