From the Earth to the Moon direct in ninety-seven hours and twenty minutes, and a trip round it . replied Barbicane. So, then, in place ofl,600,0001bs. of powder, we shall have but 400,000lbs. of ful-minating cotton; and since we can, without danger, compress5001bs. of cotton into 27 cubic feet, the whole quantity will notoccupy a height of more than 180 feet within the bore of theColumbiad. In this way the shot will have more than 700 feetof bore to traverse under a force of 6,000,000,000 litres of gasbefore taking its flight towards the moon. At this junction J. T. Maston could not repress h
From the Earth to the Moon direct in ninety-seven hours and twenty minutes, and a trip round it . replied Barbicane. So, then, in place ofl,600,0001bs. of powder, we shall have but 400,000lbs. of ful-minating cotton; and since we can, without danger, compress5001bs. of cotton into 27 cubic feet, the whole quantity will notoccupy a height of more than 180 feet within the bore of theColumbiad. In this way the shot will have more than 700 feetof bore to traverse under a force of 6,000,000,000 litres of gasbefore taking its flight towards the moon. At this junction J. T. Maston could not repress his emotion;he flung himself into the arms of his friend with the violence of aprojectile, and Barbicane would have been stove in if he had notbeen bomb-proof. This incident terminated the third meeting of the Committee. Barbicane and his bold colleagues, to whom nothing seemedimpossible, had succeeded in solving the complex problems of pro-jectile, cannon, and powder. Their plan was drawn up, and itonly remained to pxit it in execution. A mere matter of detail, a bagatelle, said J. T. CAPTAIN NICIIOLL. [,.. ONE ENEMY V. TWENTY-FIVE MILLIONS OF FRIENDS. 4q CHAPTER X. ONE ENEMY V. TWENTY-FIVE MILLIONS OF FEIENDS. The American public took a lively interest in the smallest detailsof the enterprise of the Gun Club. It followed day by day thediscussioQS of the committee. The most simple preparation forthe great experiment, the questions of figures which it involved,the mechanical difficulties to be resolved—in one word, the entireplan of work—roused the popular excitement to the highestpitch. The purely scientific attraction was suddenly intensified by thefollowing incident:— We have seen what legions of admirers and friends Barbicanesproject had rallied round its author. There was, however, onesingle individual alone in all the States of the Union who pro-tested against the attempt of the Gun Club. He attacked itfuriously on every opportunity, and human nature is
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