331:
computing the size of the cannon, had made a calculation error; he had accidentally erased three zeros from the blackboard when he was struck by lightning during a telephone call from Ms. Scorbitt. Because of that single mistake, twelve zeros got omitted from the result. Because Maston's calculations were undoubtedly considered correct when they were discovered, this error was not discovered early enough. The cannon he designed was indeed far too small: a trillion of them would have had to be fired to achieve the intended effect.
1566:
459:
27:
330:
The cannon is fired as planned, and the explosion causes huge damage in the immediate vicinity. However, the Earth's axis retains its tilt and position, and not the slightest tremor is felt in the rest of the world. Alcide, shortly before the cannon was fired, had discovered that J. T. Maston, while
280:
That change would bring an end to seasons, as day and night would be always equal and each place would have the same climate all year round. The society's interest lay in another effect of the recoil: a displacement of the Earth's rotation axis, that would bring the lands around the North Pole, which
299:
Alcide's note sends the world into panic and rage, and authorities promptly rush to stop the project. However
Barbicane and Nicholl had left America for destination unknown, to supervise the completion and firing of the monster gun. J. T. Maston is caught and jailed, but he is unwilling or unable to
295:
that had sent them to the Moon. Once the plan became public, the brilliant French engineer Alcide
Pierdeux quickly computes the required force of the explosion. He then discovers that the recoil would buckle the Earth's crust; many countries (mostly in Asia) would be flooded, while others (including
334:
Ridiculed by the whole world and bearing the bitter resentment of his two associates, J. T. Maston goes back into retirement, vowing to never again make any mathematical calculations. Ms. Scorbitt finally declares her feelings to Maston, and he gladly surrenders to marriage. Alcide gains worldwide
285:
deposits that were conjectured to exist under the ice could be easily mined and sold. The technical feasibility of the plan had been confirmed by J. T. Maston's computations. The necessary capital had been provided by Ms. Evangelina
Scorbitt, a wealthy widow and ardent admirer of Maston.
462:
256:
After the auction closes, the mysterious buyer is revealed to be
Barbicane and Co., a company founded by Impey Barbicane, J.T. Maston and Captain Nicholl — the same members of the Baltimore Gun Club who,
799:
1507:
80:
521:
265:. The brave gunmen-astronauts had come out of their retirement with an even more ambitious engineering project: using the recoil of a huge
967:
253:. Several countries send their official delegates, but the auction is won by a representative from an anonymous United States buyer.
607:
630:
1336:
1296:
775:
700:
1595:
514:
895:
879:
573:
499:
311:
who was an enthusiastic fan of the former Moon explorers. The projectile, a steel-braced chunk of rock weighing 180,000
759:
743:
353:
The fancy name "melimelonite", based on the French word for 'mishmash', "méli-mélo", may be a reference to melinite, a
1610:
1524:
592:
565:
1605:
863:
831:
815:
614:
507:
1625:
1615:
1600:
1476:
1400:
1376:
1320:
1271:
659:
638:
600:
1344:
241:
In the year of 1890, an international auction is organized to define the sovereign rights to the part of the
1590:
1250:
1151:
1111:
26:
432:
1312:
767:
751:
535:
346:
258:
208:
57:
1103:
693:
919:
344:
The notion of tilting the Earth's axis to affect the climate is first put forward by J.T. Maston in
1512:
1222:
1095:
713:
935:
855:
735:
723:
494:
75:
370:
1620:
1236:
983:
871:
392:
2012, UK, London: Hesperus Press, new translation by Sophie Lewis with a foreword by
Professor
269:
to remove the tilt of the Earth's axis — so that it would become perpendicular to the planet's
1519:
1215:
1023:
991:
823:
152:
1569:
1552:
1360:
1229:
1079:
975:
927:
686:
8:
1159:
1135:
959:
529:
246:
101:
300:
reveal the cannon's location. Frantic searches around the world fail to find it either.
1539:
1534:
1529:
1352:
1304:
1194:
1143:
1087:
1031:
951:
557:
203:
1459:
1187:
1015:
622:
451:
416:
1007:
165:
1368:
1328:
1278:
1208:
1127:
1071:
1055:
839:
389:
1891, UK, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. First UK edition.
335:
recognition by revealing the cause of the failure of the operation to the public.
221:
Like some other books of his later years, in this novel Verne tempers his love of
1544:
1454:
1119:
1063:
1047:
943:
887:
807:
791:
783:
541:
437:
214:
195:
187:
91:
473:
233:
about their potential for harmful abuse and the fallibility of human endeavors.
206:. It is the third and last novel of the Baltimore Gun Club, first appearing in
1444:
1434:
1039:
903:
847:
354:
1584:
1243:
911:
678:
289:
The cannon needed for that plan would be enormous, much larger than the huge
1501:
1449:
1439:
1257:
262:
1464:
1264:
709:
530:
358:
304:
226:
199:
37:
1429:
1201:
250:
1483:
1392:
800:
The
Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa
446:
393:
366:
362:
324:
316:
291:
281:
they had secured in the auction, to latitude 67 north. Then the vast
140:
373:
in 1830, whose structure remained a chemical puzzle until the 1930s.
468:
365:
adopted by the French army in 1887; and perhaps also to melon, a
274:
222:
320:
308:
266:
242:
303:
The cannon in fact had been dug deep into the flanks of Mount
1424:
270:
230:
383:
1890 USA: New York: J. G. Ogilvie and
Company, published as
218:, featuring the same characters but set twenty years later.
479:
282:
327:
invented by
Nicholl, which he had called "melimelonite".
312:
315:, would exit the barrel at the fantastic speed of 2,800
259:twenty years earlier, had traveled around the Moon
307:, by a small army of workers provided by a local
1582:
708:
694:
515:
701:
687:
522:
508:
25:
1418:
249:, the highest yet reached by man, to the
417:MÉLI-MÉLO : Définition de MÉLI-MÉLO
296:the United States) would gain new land.
1583:
1297:The Lighthouse at the End of the World
776:Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas
377:
682:
608:Space Mountain: De la Terre à la Lune
503:
896:Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon
880:Tribulations of a Chinaman in China
13:
760:The Adventures of Captain Hatteras
744:Journey to the Center of the Earth
14:
1637:
1525:Cultural influence of Jules Verne
425:
1565:
1564:
574:Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon
457:
1337:The Survivors of the "Jonathan"
864:Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen
832:The Survivors of the Chancellor
816:Around the World in Eighty Days
615:Voyage: Inspired by Jules Verne
20:The Purchase of the North Pole
1401:Journey Through the Impossible
1396:(1874, short story collection)
1377:Paris in the Twentieth Century
1321:The Chase of the Golden Meteor
1000:The Purchase of the North Pole
667:The Purchase of the North Pole
660:Journey Through the Impossible
410:
177:The Purchase of the North Pole
1:
1345:The Secret of Wilhelm Storitz
403:
398:The World Turned Upside Down
7:
1596:1889 science fiction novels
1251:The Mutineers of the Bounty
1112:The Village in the Treetops
488:
467:public domain audiobook at
323:— thanks to a new powerful
10:
1642:
1313:The Thompson Travel Agency
768:In Search of the Castaways
752:From the Earth to the Moon
631:From the Earth to the Moon
566:From the Earth to the Moon
536:From the Earth to the Moon
347:From the Earth to the Moon
209:From the Earth to the Moon
1560:
1495:
1411:
1288:
1177:
1170:
1104:The Castaways of the Flag
721:
649:
584:
549:
338:
160:
147:
135:
127:Published in English
125:
117:
107:
97:
87:
76:The Extraordinary Voyages
71:
63:
53:
43:
33:
24:
16:1889 novel by Jules Verne
1611:Novels set in the Arctic
1553:Jules Verne lunar crater
1372:(1992, written ca. 1847)
1223:The Count of Chanteleine
1096:The Will of an Eccentric
1606:Novels set in the 1890s
1316:(1907, by Michel Verne)
936:The Archipelago on Fire
856:The Child of the Cavern
736:Five Weeks in a Balloon
495:1889 in science fiction
236:
920:Kéraban the Inflexible
639:Le voyage dans la lune
593:Le voyage dans la lune
480:Jules Verne Collection
191:
1626:Climate change novels
1616:Planetary engineering
1601:Novels by Jules Verne
1216:A Winter amid the Ice
1024:The Carpathian Castle
992:Family Without a Name
824:The Mysterious Island
369:polymer described by
153:Family Without a Name
1380:(1994, written 1863)
1364:(1989, written 1859)
1361:Backwards to Britain
1230:The Blockade Runners
1080:An Antarctic Mystery
976:The Flight to France
928:The Vanished Diamond
229:with a good dose of
1237:Dr. Ox's Experiment
1160:Invasion of the Sea
1152:Master of the World
1136:Travel Scholarships
984:Two Years' Vacation
968:North Against South
960:Robur the Conqueror
872:The Begum's Fortune
475:Sans dessus dessous
378:Publication history
245:extending from the
192:Sans dessus dessous
102:Pierre-Jules Hetzel
48:Sans dessus dessous
44:Original title
21:
1591:1889 French novels
1540:Jules Verne Trophy
1535:Jules Verne Awards
1530:Jules Verne Museum
1353:The Barsac Mission
1305:The Golden Volcano
1195:A Drama in the Air
1144:A Drama in Livonia
1088:The Mighty Orinoco
1032:Claudius Bombarnac
952:The Lottery Ticket
601:A Trip to the Moon
558:A Trip to the Moon
81:Baltimore Gun Club
19:
1578:
1577:
1508:Jules Verne House
1472:
1471:
1460:Jean Passepartout
1387:
1386:
1188:A Drama in Mexico
1016:Mistress Branican
676:
675:
623:Autour de la Lune
452:Project Gutenberg
173:
172:
118:Publication place
1633:
1568:
1567:
1516:
1416:
1415:
1369:A Priest in 1839
1329:The Danube Pilot
1279:The Eternal Adam
1272:In the Year 2889
1209:Master Zacharius
1175:
1174:
1128:The Kip Brothers
1072:Clovis Dardentor
1056:Propeller Island
840:Michael Strogoff
703:
696:
689:
680:
679:
524:
517:
510:
501:
500:
484:
461:
460:
454:
419:
414:
202:, published in
161:Followed by
148:Preceded by
109:Publication date
29:
22:
18:
1641:
1640:
1636:
1635:
1634:
1632:
1631:
1630:
1581:
1580:
1579:
1574:
1556:
1510:
1491:
1468:
1455:Jacques Paganel
1407:
1383:
1284:
1179:
1166:
1120:The Sea Serpent
1064:Facing the Flag
1048:Captain Antifer
944:Mathias Sandorf
888:The Steam House
808:The Fur Country
792:A Floating City
784:Around the Moon
726:extraordinaires
725:
717:
707:
677:
672:
651:
645:
580:
545:
542:Around the Moon
528:
491:
482:
458:
444:
438:Standard Ebooks
428:
423:
422:
415:
411:
406:
396:, published as
380:
341:
261:inside a large
239:
215:Around the Moon
212:, and later in
196:adventure novel
136:Media type
128:
110:
92:Adventure novel
79:
17:
12:
11:
5:
1639:
1629:
1628:
1623:
1618:
1613:
1608:
1603:
1598:
1593:
1576:
1575:
1573:
1572:
1561:
1558:
1557:
1555:
1550:
1542:
1537:
1532:
1527:
1522:
1517:
1505:
1499:
1497:
1493:
1492:
1490:
1489:
1481:
1473:
1470:
1469:
1467:
1462:
1457:
1452:
1447:
1445:Lord Glenarvan
1442:
1437:
1435:David Farragut
1432:
1427:
1422:
1420:
1413:
1409:
1408:
1406:
1405:
1397:
1388:
1385:
1384:
1382:
1381:
1373:
1365:
1357:
1349:
1341:
1333:
1325:
1317:
1309:
1301:
1292:
1290:
1286:
1285:
1283:
1282:
1275:
1268:
1261:
1254:
1247:
1240:
1233:
1226:
1219:
1212:
1205:
1198:
1191:
1183:
1181:
1172:
1168:
1167:
1165:
1164:
1156:
1148:
1140:
1132:
1124:
1116:
1108:
1100:
1092:
1084:
1076:
1068:
1060:
1052:
1044:
1040:Foundling Mick
1036:
1028:
1020:
1012:
1008:César Cascabel
1004:
996:
988:
980:
972:
964:
956:
948:
940:
932:
924:
916:
908:
904:Godfrey Morgan
900:
892:
884:
876:
868:
860:
852:
848:Off on a Comet
844:
836:
828:
820:
812:
804:
796:
788:
780:
772:
764:
756:
748:
740:
731:
729:
719:
718:
706:
705:
698:
691:
683:
674:
673:
671:
670:
663:
655:
653:
647:
646:
644:
643:
635:
627:
619:
611:
605:
597:
588:
586:
582:
581:
579:
578:
570:
562:
553:
551:
547:
546:
527:
526:
519:
512:
504:
498:
497:
490:
487:
486:
485:
471:
455:
442:
440:
427:
426:External links
424:
421:
420:
408:
407:
405:
402:
401:
400:
390:
387:
379:
376:
375:
374:
355:high explosive
351:
340:
337:
238:
235:
171:
170:
166:César Cascabel
162:
158:
157:
149:
145:
144:
137:
133:
132:
129:
126:
123:
122:
119:
115:
114:
111:
108:
105:
104:
99:
95:
94:
89:
85:
84:
73:
69:
68:
65:
61:
60:
55:
51:
50:
45:
41:
40:
35:
31:
30:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1638:
1627:
1624:
1622:
1621:Sequel novels
1619:
1617:
1614:
1612:
1609:
1607:
1604:
1602:
1599:
1597:
1594:
1592:
1589:
1588:
1586:
1571:
1563:
1562:
1559:
1554:
1551:
1549:
1547:
1543:
1541:
1538:
1536:
1533:
1531:
1528:
1526:
1523:
1521:
1518:
1514:
1509:
1506:
1503:
1500:
1498:
1494:
1488:
1487:
1482:
1480:
1479:
1475:
1474:
1466:
1463:
1461:
1458:
1456:
1453:
1451:
1448:
1446:
1443:
1441:
1438:
1436:
1433:
1431:
1428:
1426:
1423:
1421:
1417:
1414:
1410:
1403:
1402:
1398:
1395:
1394:
1390:
1389:
1379:
1378:
1374:
1371:
1370:
1366:
1363:
1362:
1358:
1355:
1354:
1350:
1347:
1346:
1342:
1339:
1338:
1334:
1331:
1330:
1326:
1323:
1322:
1318:
1315:
1314:
1310:
1307:
1306:
1302:
1299:
1298:
1294:
1293:
1291:
1287:
1280:
1276:
1273:
1269:
1266:
1262:
1259:
1255:
1252:
1248:
1245:
1244:An Ideal City
1241:
1238:
1234:
1231:
1227:
1224:
1220:
1217:
1213:
1210:
1206:
1203:
1199:
1196:
1192:
1189:
1185:
1184:
1182:
1176:
1173:
1169:
1162:
1161:
1157:
1154:
1153:
1149:
1146:
1145:
1141:
1138:
1137:
1133:
1130:
1129:
1125:
1122:
1121:
1117:
1114:
1113:
1109:
1106:
1105:
1101:
1098:
1097:
1093:
1090:
1089:
1085:
1082:
1081:
1077:
1074:
1073:
1069:
1066:
1065:
1061:
1058:
1057:
1053:
1050:
1049:
1045:
1042:
1041:
1037:
1034:
1033:
1029:
1026:
1025:
1021:
1018:
1017:
1013:
1010:
1009:
1005:
1002:
1001:
997:
994:
993:
989:
986:
985:
981:
978:
977:
973:
970:
969:
965:
962:
961:
957:
954:
953:
949:
946:
945:
941:
938:
937:
933:
930:
929:
925:
922:
921:
917:
914:
913:
912:The Green Ray
909:
906:
905:
901:
898:
897:
893:
890:
889:
885:
882:
881:
877:
874:
873:
869:
866:
865:
861:
858:
857:
853:
850:
849:
845:
842:
841:
837:
834:
833:
829:
826:
825:
821:
818:
817:
813:
810:
809:
805:
802:
801:
797:
794:
793:
789:
786:
785:
781:
778:
777:
773:
770:
769:
765:
762:
761:
757:
754:
753:
749:
746:
745:
741:
738:
737:
733:
732:
730:
728:
727:
720:
715:
711:
704:
699:
697:
692:
690:
685:
684:
681:
669:
668:
664:
662:
661:
657:
656:
654:
650:Related works
648:
641:
640:
636:
633:
632:
628:
625:
624:
620:
617:
616:
612:
609:
606:
603:
602:
598:
595:
594:
590:
589:
587:
583:
576:
575:
571:
568:
567:
563:
560:
559:
555:
554:
552:
550:Film versions
548:
544:
543:
538:
537:
532:
525:
520:
518:
513:
511:
506:
505:
502:
496:
493:
492:
481:
478:available at
477:
476:
472:
470:
466:
465:
456:
453:
449:
448:
443:
441:
439:
435:
434:
430:
429:
418:
413:
409:
399:
395:
391:
388:
386:
382:
381:
372:
368:
364:
360:
356:
352:
349:
348:
343:
342:
336:
332:
328:
326:
322:
318:
314:
310:
306:
301:
297:
294:
293:
287:
284:
278:
276:
272:
268:
264:
260:
254:
252:
248:
247:84th parallel
244:
234:
232:
228:
224:
219:
217:
216:
211:
210:
205:
201:
197:
193:
189:
185:
184:
179:
178:
169:
167:
163:
159:
156:
154:
150:
146:
142:
138:
134:
130:
124:
120:
116:
112:
106:
103:
100:
96:
93:
90:
86:
82:
77:
74:
70:
66:
62:
59:
56:
52:
49:
46:
42:
39:
36:
32:
28:
23:
1545:
1502:Michel Verne
1485:
1477:
1450:Captain Nemo
1440:Phileas Fogg
1404:(1882, play)
1399:
1391:
1375:
1367:
1359:
1351:
1343:
1335:
1327:
1319:
1311:
1303:
1295:
1258:Frritt-Flacc
1158:
1150:
1142:
1134:
1126:
1118:
1110:
1102:
1094:
1086:
1078:
1070:
1062:
1054:
1046:
1038:
1030:
1022:
1014:
1006:
999:
998:
990:
982:
974:
966:
958:
950:
942:
934:
926:
918:
910:
902:
894:
886:
878:
870:
862:
854:
846:
838:
830:
822:
814:
806:
798:
790:
782:
774:
766:
758:
750:
742:
734:
722:
714:bibliography
666:
665:
658:
637:
634:(miniseries)
629:
621:
618:(video game)
613:
599:
591:
572:
564:
556:
540:
534:
474:
463:
445:
431:
412:
397:
384:
357:composed of
345:
333:
329:
302:
298:
290:
288:
279:
263:cannon shell
255:
240:
220:
213:
207:
182:
181:
176:
175:
174:
164:
151:
58:Georges Roux
47:
1546:Jules Verne
1511: [
1465:Cyrus Smith
1265:Gil Braltar
1171:Other works
710:Jules Verne
585:Other media
531:Jules Verne
483:(in French)
464:Topsy-Turvy
447:Topsy-Turvy
433:Topsy-Turvy
385:Topsy-Turvy
359:picric acid
305:Kilimanjaro
227:engineering
200:Jules Verne
183:Topsy-Turvy
54:Illustrator
38:Jules Verne
1585:Categories
1430:Tom Ayrton
1419:Characters
1202:Martin Paz
596:(operetta)
404:References
317:kilometres
251:North Pole
1484:HMS
1393:Doctor Ox
827:(1874–75)
779:(1869–70)
771:(1867–68)
604:(TV film)
394:Ian Fells
371:Berzelius
367:heptazine
363:guncotton
325:explosive
292:Columbiad
98:Publisher
1570:Category
1478:Nautilus
1412:Universe
1281:" (1910)
1274:" (1889)
1267:" (1887)
1260:" (1884)
1253:" (1879)
1246:" (1875)
1239:" (1872)
1232:" (1865)
1225:" (1864)
1218:" (1855)
1211:" (1854)
1204:" (1852)
1197:" (1851)
1190:" (1851)
652:by Verne
489:See also
469:LibriVox
194:) is an
141:Hardback
64:Language
1496:Related
1180:stories
724:Voyages
642:(album)
626:(album)
275:Jupiter
273:, like
223:science
139:Print (
1356:(1919)
1348:(1910)
1340:(1909)
1332:(1908)
1324:(1908)
1308:(1906)
1300:(1905)
1289:Novels
1163:(1905)
1155:(1904)
1147:(1904)
1139:(1903)
1131:(1902)
1123:(1901)
1115:(1901)
1107:(1900)
1099:(1899)
1091:(1898)
1083:(1897)
1075:(1896)
1067:(1896)
1059:(1895)
1051:(1894)
1043:(1893)
1035:(1892)
1027:(1892)
1019:(1891)
1011:(1890)
1003:(1889)
995:(1889)
987:(1888)
979:(1887)
971:(1887)
963:(1886)
955:(1886)
947:(1885)
939:(1884)
931:(1884)
923:(1883)
915:(1882)
907:(1882)
899:(1881)
891:(1880)
883:(1879)
875:(1879)
867:(1878)
859:(1877)
851:(1877)
843:(1876)
835:(1875)
819:(1873)
811:(1873)
803:(1872)
795:(1871)
787:(1870)
763:(1866)
755:(1865)
747:(1864)
739:(1863)
610:(ride)
577:(1967)
569:(1958)
561:(1902)
339:Trivia
321:second
309:sultan
267:cannon
243:Arctic
188:French
168:
155:
121:France
72:Series
67:French
34:Author
1515:]
1504:(son)
1486:Sword
1425:Aouda
1178:Short
271:orbit
231:irony
88:Genre
1520:Tomb
539:and
361:and
319:per
313:tons
283:coal
277:'s.
237:Plot
225:and
204:1889
131:1890
113:1889
1548:ATV
533:'s
450:at
436:at
198:by
180:or
78:#34
1587::
1513:fr
190::
83:#3
1277:"
1270:"
1263:"
1256:"
1249:"
1242:"
1235:"
1228:"
1221:"
1214:"
1207:"
1200:"
1193:"
1186:"
716:)
712:(
702:e
695:t
688:v
523:e
516:t
509:v
350:.
186:(
143:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
