Physical description

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.

Publication type

fiction

Inscriptions & markings

Label on spine cover with typed text PAT 843 VER
Front loose end paper has sticker from Warrnambool Public Library covered by a sticker from Corangamite Regional Library Service
Front loose end paper has a stamp from Corangamite Regional Library Service. No publication or edition information.

Summary

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.