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FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON, DIRECT IN NINETY-SEVEN HOURSAND TWENTY MINUTES: AND A TRIP ROUND IT:
by
JULES VERNE,
Author of "A Journey to the Centre of the Earth."
Translated from the French byLouis Mercier, M.A., (Oxon,) and Eleanor E. King.
With Eighty Full Page Illustrations.
New York:Scribner, Armstrong & Company.1874.
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_BY THE SAME AUTHOR._
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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth.
With 53 Illustrations. One Vol. 12mo, $2.00.
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CONTENTS
FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON.
ROUND THE MOON.
CHAPTER I.
THE GUN CLUB
CHAPTER II.
PRESIDENT BARBICANE'S COMMUNICATION
CHAPTER III.
EFFECT OF THE PRESIDENT'S COMMUNICATION
CHAPTER IV.
REPLY FROM THE OBSERVATORY OF CAMBRIDGE
CHAPTER V.
THE ROMANCE OF THE MOON
CHAPTER VI.
THE PERMISSIVE LIMITS OF IGNORANCE AND BELIEF IN THE UNITED STATES
CHAPTER VII.
THE HYMN OF THE CANNON-BALL
CHAPTER VIII.
HISTORY OF THE CANNON
CHAPTER IX.
THE QUESTION OF THE POWDERS
CHAPTER X.
ONE ENEMY _v._ TWENTY-FIVE MILLIONS OF FRIENDS
CHAPTER XI.
FLORIDA AND TEXAS
CHAPTER XII.
URBI ET ORBI
CHAPTER XIII.
STONES HILL
CHAPTER XIV.
PICKAXE AND TROWEL
CHAPTER XV.
THE FETE OF THE CASTING
CHAPTER XVI.
THE COLUMBIAD
CHAPTER XVII.
A TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE PASSENGER OF THE "ATLANTA"
CHAPTER XIX.
A MONSTER MEETING
CHAPTER XX.
ATTACK AND RIPOSTE
CHAPTER XXI.
HOW A FRENCHMAN MANAGES AN AFFAIR
CHAPTER XXII.
THE NEW CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES
CHAPTER XXIII.
THE PROJECTILE-VEHICLE
CHAPTER XXIV.
THE TELESCOPE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
CHAPTER XXV.
FINAL DETAILS
CHAPTER XXVI.
FIRE!
CHAPTER XXVII.
FOUL WEATHER
CHAPTER XXVIII.
A NEW STAR
ROUND THE MOON
PRELIMINARY CHAPTER
RECAPITULATORY
CHAPTER I.
FROM TWENTY MINUTES PAST TEN TO FORTY-SEVEN MINUTES PAST TEN P.M.
CHAPTER II.
THE FIRST HALF-HOUR
CHAPTER III.
THEIR PLACE OF SHELTER
CHAPTER IV.
A LITTLE ALGEBRA
CHAPTER V.
THE COLD OF SPACE
CHAPTER VI.
QUESTION AND ANSWER
CHAPTER VII.
A MOMENT OF INTOXICATION
CHAPTER VIII.
AT SEVENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN LEAGUES
CHAPTER IX.
THE CONSEQUENCES OF A DEVIATION
CHAPTER X.
THE OBSERVERS OF THE MOON
CHAPTER XI.
FANCY AND REALITY
CHAPTER XII.
OROGRAPHIC DETAILS
CHAPTER XIII.
LUNAR LANDSCAPES
CHAPTER XIV.
THE NIGHT OF THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR HOURS AND A HALF
CHAPTER XV.
HYPERBOLA OR PARABOLA
CHAPTER XVI.
THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
CHAPTER XVII.
TYCHO
CHAPTER XVIII.
GRAVE QUESTIONS
CHAPTER XIX.
A STRUGGLE AGAINST THE IMPOSSIBLE
CHAPTER XX.
THE SOUNDINGS OF THE "SUSQUEHANNA"
CHAPTER XXI.
J. T. MASTON RECALLED
CHAPTER XXII.
RECOVERED FROM THE SEA
CHAPTER XXIII.
THE END
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FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON.
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