A Journey in Other Worlds
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A Journey in Other Worlds

A Romance of the Future

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A Journey in Other Worlds

A Romance of the Future

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pubOne.info present you this new edition. The protracted struggle between science and the classics appears to be drawing to a close, with victory about to perch on the banner of science, as a perusal of almost any university or college catalogue shows. While a limited knowledge of both Greek and Latin is important for the correct use of our own language, the amount till recently required, in my judgment, has been absurdly out of proportion to the intrinsic value of these branches, or perhaps more correctly roots, of study. The classics have been thoroughly and painfully threshed out, and it seems impossible that anything new can be unearthed. We may equal the performances of the past, but there is no opportunity to surpass them or produce anything original. Even the much-vaunted "e;mental training"e; argument is beginning to pall; for would not anything equally difficult give as good developing results, while by learning a live matter we kill two birds with one stone? There can be no question that there are many forces and influences in Nature whose existence we as yet little more than suspect

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Publisher
pubOne.info
Year
2010
eBook ISBN
9782819933472
Topic
Literatura
Subtopic
Ciencia ficción
PREPARING TO ALIGHT.
That afternoon Ayrault brought out some statistical tables he had compiled from a great number of books, and also a diagram of the comparative sizes of the planets. “I have been not a little puzzled at the discrepancies between even the best authors, ” he said, “scarcely any two being exactly alike, while every decade has seen accepted theories radically changed. ” Saying which, he spread out the result of his labours (shown on the following pages), which the three friends then studied.
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — -
Planets Mean distance
from sun
in millions
of miles Semimajor
axis of orbit,
earth's distance
as 1 Eccentricity
of orbit Inclination of
orbit to elliptic Light at
perihelion Light at
apehelion Heat,
earth as 1
Mercury
36. 0
0. 387
0. 2056
7° 0' 8"
10. 58
4. 59
6. 67
Venus
67. 2
0. 723
0. 0068
3° 23' 35"
1. 94
1. 91
1. 91
The Earth
92. 9
1. 000
0. 068
0° 0' 0"
1. 03
0. 997
1. 00
Mars
141. 5
1. 524
0. 0933
1° 51' 2"
0. 52
0. 360
1. 43
Asteroids
204. 4 to 325. 2
2. 200 to 3. 5000
0. 4 to 0. 84
5° to 35°
Jupiter
483. 3
5. 203
0. 0483
1° 18' 41"
0. 04
0. 034
0. 037
Saturn
886. 0
9. 539
0. 0561
2° 29' 40"
0. 012
0. 0099
0. 011
Uranus
1781. 9
19. 183
0. 0463
0° 46' 20"
0. 0027
0. 0025
0. 003
Neptune
2791. 6
30. 055
0. 0090
1° 47' 2"
0. 0011
0. 0011
0. 001
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — -
MOVEMENT IN ORBIT.
Planets Period of
revolution
in years
and days Orbital
velocity in
miles per
second. Velocity,
earth's as 1. Mean diameter
in miles. Surface
compared
with earth
as 1. Volume
compared
with earth
as 1. Mass
compared
with earth
as 1.
Mercury. . .
0. 88
23 to 35
1. 6
3, 000
0. 14
0. 056
0. 13
Venus. . . . .
0. 224 1/2
21. 9
1. 17
7, 700
0. 94
0. 92
0. 78
The Earth.
1. 00
18. 5
1. 0
7, 918
1. 00
1. 00
1. 00
Mars. . . . . .
1. 88
15. 0
0. 81
4, 230
0. 28
0. 139
0. 124
Asteroids
3. 29 to 6. 56
From a few
miles to 300
Jupiter. .
11. 86
8. 1
0. 44
86, 500
118. 3
1309. 000
316. 0
Saturn. . .
29. 46
6. 0
0. 32
71, 000
80. 4
760. 0
95. 0
Uranus. .
84. 02
4. 2
0. 23
31, 900
16. 3
65. 0
14. 7
Neptune.
164. 78
3. 4
0. 18
34, 800
19. 3
90. 0
17. 1
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — -
DENSITY FORCE OF GRAVITY AT
SURFACE OF PLANET
Planets Compared with
earth as 1 Compared with
water as 1 Compared with
earth as 1 Bodies fall
in one second. Length of
day. Length of seasons Inclination
of axis.
Mercury.
1. 24
7. 17
0. 85
13. 7
Venus. . .
0. 92
5. 21
0. 83
13. 4
hr mn sc
23 21 22
53+
The Earth.
1. 00
5. 67
1. 00
16. 09
Spring, 93 days
Summer, 93 days
Autumn, 90 days
Winter, 89 days
23 1/2
Mars. . .
0. 96
2. 54
0. 38
6. 2
Spring, 191 days
Summer, 181 days
Autumn, 149 days
Winter, 147 days
27 1/2
Asteroids.
Jupiter.
0. 22
1. 29
2. 55
40. 98
9 55 28
1 1/2
Saturn. .
0. 13
0. 63
1. 15
18. 53
10 29 17
27
Uranus.
0. 18
1. 41
0. 91
14. 6
102(? )
Neptune.
0. 20
0. 94
0. 88
14. 2
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — -
“You see, ” Ayrault explained, “on Jupiter we shall ne...

Table of contents

  1. PREFACE.
  2. Book I.
  3. JUPITER.
  4. ANTECEDENTAL.
  5. PRESIDENT BEARWARDEN'S SPEECH.
  6. PROF. CORTLANDT'S HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE WORLD
  7. DR. CORTLANDT'S HISTORY CONTINUED.
  8. FAR-REACHING PLANS.
  9. HARD AT WORK.
  10. GOOD-BYE.
  11. The Callisto was going straight up.
  12. Book II.
  13. The signals from the Arctic Circle.
  14. SPACE AND MARS.
  15. HEAVENLY BODIES.
  16. Comparative Size of Planets
  17. PREPARING TO ALIGHT.
  18. EXPLORATION AND EXCITEMENT.
  19. MASTODON AND WILL-O'-THE WISPS.
  20. AN UNSEEN HUNTER.
  21. The ride on the giant tortoise.
  22. SPORTSMEN'S REVERIES.
  23. THE HONEY OF DEATH.
  24. A battle royal on Jupiter
  25. CHANGING LANDSCAPES.
  26. A JOVIAN NIAGARA.
  27. HILLS AND VALLEYS.
  28. NORTH-POLAR DISCOVERIES.
  29. THE SCENE SHIFTS.
  30. Book III.
  31. THE SPIRIT'S FIRST VISIT.
  32. DOUBTS AND PHILOSOPHY.
  33. A PROVIDENTIAL INTERVENTION.
  34. The combat with the dragons
  35. AYRAULT'S VISION.
  36. Ayrault's Vision
  37. A GREAT VOID AND A GREAT LONGING.
  38. THE SPIRIT'S SECOND VISIT.
  39. CASSANDRA AND COSMOLOGY.
  40. DOCTOR CORTLANDT SEES HIS GRAVE.
  41. A look into the future
  42. AYRAULT.
  43. DREAMLAND TO SHADOWLAND.
  44. SHEOL.
  45. THE PRIEST'S SERMON.
  46. HIC ILLE JACET.
  47. MOTHER EARTH.
  48. The return
  49. Copyright