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Book - A Science Fiction Story, Jules Verne, From The Earth to The Moon, Early 20th Century
... The novel focuses on the technical and organisational preparations for the voyage, with Verne's detailed calculations about the cannon, powder, trajectory, and physics of spaceflight. The French original publication was in 1865, the first English translation was issued in 1874 by Scribner, Armstrong & Company of New York USA. ...
From the Earth to the Moon (1865) tells the story of the Baltimore Gun Club, a post American Civil War society of weapons enthusiasts who propose an audacious plan. This was to build a massive cannon called the Columbiad in Florida then to launch three people to the Moon in a projectile. The main characters in the story are Impey Barbicane, gun club leader, Captain Nicholl and Michel Ardan an adventurer.
The novel focuses on the technical and organisational preparations for the voyage, with Verne's detailed calculations about the cannon, powder, trajectory, and physics of spaceflight. The French original publication was in 1865, the first English translation was issued in 1874 by Scribner, Armstrong & Company of New York USA. This was actually the second book by Jules Verne preceded only by “Five Weeks in a Balloon” published in 1869 that started the “Voyages Extraordinaires” series.
Hard cover book, From The Earth to The Moon.
Author: Jules Verne
Publisher: Unknown
Date: Early 20th Century.
Light blue hardcover with the title on the spine having lettering to spine in black hand written text pen. fictionFrom the Earth to the Moon (1865) tells the story of the Baltimore Gun Club, a post American Civil War society of weapons enthusiasts who propose an audacious plan. This was to build a massive cannon called the Columbiad in Florida then to launch three people to the Moon in a projectile. The main characters in the story are Impey Barbicane, gun club leader, Captain Nicholl and Michel Ardan an adventurer.
The novel focuses on the technical and organisational preparations for the voyage, with Verne's detailed calculations about the cannon, powder, trajectory, and physics of spaceflight. The French original publication was in 1865, the first English translation was issued in 1874 by Scribner, Armstrong & Company of New York USA. This was actually the second book by Jules Verne preceded only by “Five Weeks in a Balloon” published in 1869 that started the “Voyages Extraordinaires” series. warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, pattison collection, warrnambool library, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, ralph eric pattison, jules verne, voyages extraordinaire series, l’école des robinson's
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