The Moon-Voyage

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Ti­tle: The Moon-​Voy­age

Au­thor: Jules Verne

Re­lease Date: Ju­ly 12, 2004 [EBook #12901]

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THE MOON-​VOY­AGE.

CON­TAIN­ING “FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON,” AND “ROUND THE MOON.”

BY

JULES VERNE,

AU­THOR OF “TWEN­TY THOU­SAND LEAGUES UN­DER THE SEA,” “AMONG THE CAN­NI­BALS,” ETC.

IL­LUS­TRAT­ED BY HEN­RY AUSTIN.

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CON­TENTS.

“FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON.”

I. THE GUN CLUB

II. PRES­IDENT BAR­BI­CANE'S COM­MU­NI­CA­TION

III. EF­FECT OF PRES­IDENT BAR­BI­CANE'S COM­MU­NI­CA­TION

IV. AN­SWER FROM THE CAM­BRIDGE OB­SER­VA­TO­RY

V. THE RO­MANCE OF THE MOON

VI. WHAT IT IS IM­POS­SI­BLE TO IG­NORE AND WHAT IS NO LONGER AL­LOWED TO BE BE­LIEVED IN THE UNIT­ED STATES

VII. THE HYMN OF THE CAN­NON-​BALL

VI­II. HIS­TO­RY OF THE CAN­NON

IX. THE QUES­TION OF POW­DERS

X. ONE EN­EMY AGAINST TWEN­TY-​FIVE MIL­LIONS OF FRIENDS

XI. FLORI­DA AND TEXAS

XII. “UR­BI ET OR­BI”

XI­II. STONY HILL

XIV. PICK­AXE AND TROW­EL

XV. THE CER­EMO­NY OF THE CAST­ING

XVI. THE COLUMBI­AD

XVII. A TELE­GRAM

XVI­II. THE PAS­SEN­GER OF THE AT­LANTA

XIX. A MEET­ING

XX. THRUST AND PAR­RY

XXI. HOW A FRENCH­MAN SET­TLES AN AF­FAIR

XXII. THE NEW CIT­IZEN OF THE UNIT­ED STATES

XXI­II. THE PRO­JEC­TILE COM­PART­MENT

XXIV. THE TELE­SCOPE OF THE ROCKY MOUN­TAINS

XXV. FI­NAL DE­TAILS

XXVI. FIRE

XXVII. CLOUDY WEATH­ER

XXVI­II. A NEW STAR

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“ROUND THE MOON.”

PRE­LIM­INARY CHAP­TER. CON­TAIN­ING A SHORT AC­COUNT OF THE FIRST PART OF THIS WORK TO SERVE AS PREF­ACE TO THE SEC­OND

I. FROM 10.20 P.M. TO 10.47 P.M.

II. THE FIRST HALF-​HOUR

III. TAK­ING POS­SES­SION

IV. A LIT­TLE AL­GE­BRA

V. THE TEM­PER­ATURE OF SPACE

VI. QUES­TIONS AND AN­SWERS

VII. A MO­MENT OF IN­TOX­ICA­TION

VI­II. AT SEV­EN­TY-​EIGHT THOU­SAND ONE HUN­DRED AND FOUR­TEEN LEAGUES

IX. THE CON­SE­QUENCES OF DE­VI­ATION

X. THE OB­SERVERS OF THE MOON

XI. IMAG­INA­TION AND RE­AL­ITY

XII. ORO­GRAPH­ICAL DE­TAILS

XI­II. LU­NAR LAND­SCAPES

XIV. A NIGHT OF THREE HUN­DRED AND FIFTY-​FOUR HOURS AND A HALF

XV. HY­PER­BO­LA OR PARABO­LA

XVI. THE SOUTH­ERN HEMI­SPHERE

XVII. TY­CHO

XVI­II. GRAVE QUES­TIONS

XIX. A STRUG­GLE WITH THE IM­POS­SI­BLE

XX. THE SOUND­INGS OF THE SUSQUE­HAN­NA

XXI. J.T. MAS­TON CALLED IN

XXII. PICKED UP

XXI­II. THE END

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FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON.

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