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Round the Moon / Jules Verne

 
dc.contributor Dell, Thomas Internet Wiretap
dc.contributor.author Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
dc.coverage.placeName s.l.
dc.date.accessioned 2018-07-27
dc.date.accessioned 2019-07-04T10:00:11Z
dc.date.available 2019-07-04T10:00:11Z
dc.date.created 1873
dc.date.issued 1993-10-18
dc.identifier ota:1969
dc.identifier.citation http://purl.ox.ac.uk/ota/1969
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12024/1969
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dc.language English
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher University of Oxford
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dc.subject.lcsh French fiction -- 19th century
dc.subject.lcsh Science fiction, French -- 19th century
dc.subject.other Novels
dc.title Round the Moon / Jules Verne
dc.type Text
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files.count 2
otaterms.date.range 1800-1899

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[pg/etext93/moon10.txt] ROUND THE MOON by JULES VERNE Typed in by Rich Schroeppel. Proofread by an anonymous PG volunteer. A SEQUEL TO FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON ROUND THE MOON PRELIMINARY CHAPTER THE FIRST PART OF THIS WORK, AND SERVING AS A PREFACE TO THE SECOND During the year 186-, the whole world was greatly excited by a scientific experiment unprecedented in the annals of science. The members of the Gun Club, a circle of artillerymen formed at Baltimore after the American war, conceived the idea of putting themselves in communication with the moon!-- yes, with the moon-- by sending to her a projectile. Their president, Barbicane, the promoter of the enterprise, having consulted the astronomers of the Cambridge Observatory upon the subject, took all necessary means to ensure the success of this extraordinary enterprise, which had been declared practicable by the majority of competent judges. After setting on foot a public subscription, which realized nearly L1, . . .

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