WeRead Powered by ReaderPub
From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon cover

From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon

Chapter 1: From the Earth to the Moon
By Jules Verne
Open in WeRead

Explore more books like this:

Classics of LiteratureFrench LiteratureNovelsScience-Fiction & Fantasy

About This Book

The narrative follows members of a gun club who conceive, design, and fire a gigantic cannon to launch a projectile toward the Moon. The text alternates technical exposition—engineering plans, ballistics, and astronomical calculation—with lively public debate and preparations, the casting of the great gun, and the selection of a daring occupant. The projectile's flight is described through problem-solving episodes about trajectory, weightlessness, and observation, culminating in close study of lunar terrain and a perilous return to Earth where recovery follows. The work balances scientific imagination, meticulous calculation, and ironic commentary on technological ambition.

The Project Gutenberg eBook of From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon

This ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this ebook or online at www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook.

Title: From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon

Author: Jules Verne

Release date: September 1, 1993 [eBook #83]
Most recently updated: November 24, 2023

Language: English

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON; AND, ROUND THE MOON ***

From the Earth to the Moon

by Jules Verne

Contents: From the Earth to 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 Dispatch
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

Contents: Round the Moon

PRELIMINARY CHAPTER—Recapitulating the First Part of
This Work, and Serving as a Preface to the Second
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