From the Earth to the Moon, Direct in Ninety-Seven Hours and Twenty Minutes: and a Trip Round It
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CONTENTS
FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON.
ROUND THE MOON.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
CHAPTER I.
THE GUN CLUB.
CHAPTER II.
PRESIDENT BARBICANE'S COMMUNICATION.
CHAPTER III.
EFFECT OF THE PRESIDENT'S COMMUNICATION.
CHAPTER IV.
REPLY FROM THE OBSERVATORY OF CAMBRIDGE.
CHAPTER V.
THE ROMANCE OF THE MOON.
CHAPTER VI.
THE PERMISSIVE LIMITS OF IGNORANCE AND BELIEF IN THE UNITED STATES.
CHAPTER VII.
THE HYMN OF THE CANNON-BALL.
CHAPTER VIII.
HISTORY OF THE CANNON.
CHAPTER IX.
THE QUESTION OF THE POWDERS.
CHAPTER X.
ONE ENEMY v. TWENTY-FIVE MILLIONS OF FRIENDS.
CHAPTER XI.
FLORIDA AND TEXAS.
CHAPTER XII.
URBI ET ORBI.
CHAPTER XIII.
STONES HILL.
CHAPTER XIV.
PICKAXE AND TROWEL.
CHAPTER XV.
THE FÊTE OF THE CASTING.
CHAPTER XVI.
THE COLUMBIAD.
CHAPTER XVII.
A TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH.
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE PASSENGER OF THE "ATLANTA."
CHAPTER XIX.
A MONSTER MEETING.
CHAPTER XX.
ATTACK AND RIPOSTE.
CHAPTER XXI.
HOW A FRENCHMAN MANAGES AN AFFAIR.
CHAPTER XXII.
THE NEW CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES.
CHAPTER XXIII.
THE PROJECTILE-VEHICLE.
CHAPTER XXIV.
THE TELESCOPE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.
CHAPTER XXV.
FINAL DETAILS.
CHAPTER XXVI.
FIRE!
CHAPTER XXVII.
FOUL WEATHER.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
A NEW STAR.
ROUND THE MOON:
PRELIMINARY CHAPTER.
RECAPITULATING THE FIRST PART OF THIS WORK, AND SERVING AS A PREFACE TO THE SECOND.
CHAPTER I.
FROM TWENTY MINUTES PAST TEN TO FORTY-SEVEN MINUTES PAST TEN P.M.
CHAPTER II.
THE FIRST HALF-HOUR.
CHAPTER III.
THEIR PLACE OF SHELTER.
CHAPTER IV.
A LITTLE ALGEBRA.
CHAPTER V.
THE COLD OF SPACE.
CHAPTER VI.
QUESTION AND ANSWER.
CHAPTER VII.
A MOMENT OF INTOXICATION.
CHAPTER VIII.
AT SEVENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN LEAGUES.
CHAPTER IX.
THE CONSEQUENCES OF A DEVIATION.
CHAPTER X.
THE OBSERVERS OF THE MOON.
CHAPTER XI.
FANCY AND REALITY.
CHAPTER XII.
OROGRAPHIC DETAILS.
CHAPTER XIII.
LUNAR LANDSCAPES.
CHAPTER XIV.
THE NIGHT OF THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR HOURS AND A HALF.
CHAPTER XV.
HYPERBOLA OR PARABOLA.
CHAPTER XVI.
THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE.
CHAPTER XVII.
TYCHO.
CHAPTER XVIII.
GRAVE QUESTIONS.
CHAPTER XIX.
A STRUGGLE AGAINST THE IMPOSSIBLE.
CHAPTER XX.
THE SOUNDINGS OF THE "SUSQUEHANNA."
CHAPTER XXI.
J. T. MASTON RECALLED.
CHAPTER XXII.
RECOVERED FROM THE SEA.
CHAPTER XXIII.
THE END
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