From the Earth to the Moon direct in ninety-seven hours and twenty minutes, and a trip round it . PROJECTILE TRAINS FOR THE MOON. FroJitispiecf. [p. 95.] FROM THE Earth to the Moo:n, DIRECT IN NINETY-SEVEN HOURSAND TWENTY MINUTES: And a Trip Round It. BY JULES TERI^E, ACTHOB OP A JOUBNET TO THB CENTBB OP THE EABTH. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY LOUIS MERCIER, , (OxoN,) and ELEANOR E. KING. ?WITH EIGHTY FULL PAGE ILLXJSTRATIONS. NEW YORK:SCRIBNER, ARMSTEOXCt & COMPA^^Y. 1874. BY THE SAME AUTHOR. S Jouii.)e3- to tl\e deqtfe of tl\e i^aftl\. With 53 Illustrations. Onb Vol. 12mo, $ • CONT
From the Earth to the Moon direct in ninety-seven hours and twenty minutes, and a trip round it . PROJECTILE TRAINS FOR THE MOON. FroJitispiecf. [p. 95.] FROM THE Earth to the Moo:n, DIRECT IN NINETY-SEVEN HOURSAND TWENTY MINUTES: And a Trip Round It. BY JULES TERI^E, ACTHOB OP A JOUBNET TO THB CENTBB OP THE EABTH. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY LOUIS MERCIER, , (OxoN,) and ELEANOR E. KING. ?WITH EIGHTY FULL PAGE ILLXJSTRATIONS. NEW YORK:SCRIBNER, ARMSTEOXCt & COMPA^^Y. 1874. BY THE SAME AUTHOR. S Jouii.)e3- to tl\e deqtfe of tl\e i^aftl\. With 53 Illustrations. Onb Vol. 12mo, $ • CONTEXTS. -?- rRo:\r the earth to the moon. CHAPTEE L PAGEThe Gim Club • 1 CHAPTER Baebicanes CoirsruNicATioN ..••••• 8 CHAPTER of the PEEsrDE>-Ts CoinrtrsicATiox ...... 15 CHAPTER feom the Obseevatoet of Cambeidgk 19 CHAPTER V. The EoiLANCE of the Moon 23 i r CHAPTER TI. The Peemissive Limits of Igxoeaxce ant) Belief in the Uxited States 28 ; CHAPTER YII. -The HrsiN of the Cankox-Ball 33 CHAPTER YIII. HisrroEY of the Cannon 40 ; - ) CHAPTE
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