A. D. 2000

An army inventor devises a method for prolonged preservation, submits to a planned century-long sleep, and awakens in 2000 to survey a transformed society. The account follows his tours of futuristic cities, government-operated pneumatic railways, harnessed rivers and aerial travel, novel communication systems, organized educational and rescue services, and scientific expeditions, while he probes mysterious artifacts from the past. Blending adventure with expository glimpses, the work sketches technological and infrastructural changes and considers how practical innovations alter daily life and public organization.