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An enigmatic inventor unveils a revolutionary heavier-than-air flying machine and compels a skeptical assembly to witness its capabilities, carrying reluctant observers on dramatic aerial voyages that defy contemporary theories. The narrative combines vivid technical description of the craft and its operations with heated debate among experts and onlookers, using spectacle to probe themes of scientific ambition, national pride, and the ethics of technological coercion. Encounters and demonstrations expose both the promise of human ingenuity and the uneasy consequences when singular inventiveness disrupts established authority and public understanding.

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Title: Robur de Veroveraar

Author: Jules Verne

Release date: August 21, 2006 [eBook #19091]

Language: Dutch

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Robur
De Veroveraar

Amsterdam
Uitgevers-Maatschappy “Elsevier”
1915