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From the Earth to the Moon
by Jules Verne
Overview
From the Earth to the Moon is an 1865 novel by Jules Verne. This edition combines that novel with his sequel, A Trip Round It. It tells the story of the Baltimore Gun Club, a post-American Civil War society of weapons enthusiasts, and their attempts to build an enormous Columbiad cannon and launch three people-the Gun Club's president, his Philadelphian armor-making rival, and a French poet-in a projectile with the goal of a moon landing. The book is filled with Verne's calculations on the requirements for the cannon and his analysis of what would happen in such a flight. His vision was finally realized 100 years later when astronauts landed on the moon.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781387704033
- ISBN-10: 1387704036
- Publisher: Lulu.com
- Publish Date: August 2022
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.64 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.92 pounds
- Page Count: 282
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