A Trip to Venus: A Novel
by John Munro
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Prof. John Munro (1849-1930) was the author of Heroes of the Telegraph (1891), The Story of Electricity (1896) and A Trip to Venus (1897). "In plain English, at 4 a. m., a ray of light had been observed on the disc of the planet Mars in or near the "terminator"; that is to say, the zone of twilight separating day from night. The news was doubly interesting to me, because a singular dream of "Sunrise in the Moon" had quickened my imagination as to the wonders of the universe beyond our little globe, and because of a never-to-be-forgotten experience of mine with an aged astronomer several years ...
Chapters (34)
- A TRIP TO VENUS
- A NOVEL BY JOHN MUNRO
- Author of the "The Wire and the Wave," "The Story of Electricity," etc., etc.
- Published in 1897 by Jarrold & Sons, London
- CONTENTS.
- CHAPTER I. A MESSAGE FROM MARS CHAPTER II. HOW CAN WE GET TO THE OTHER PLANETS? CHAPTER III. A NEW FORCE CHAPTER IV. THE ELECTRIC ORRERY CHAPTER V. LEAVING THE EARTH CHAPTER VI. IN SPACE CHAPTER VII. ARRIVING IN VENUS CHAPTER VIII. THE CRATER LAND CHAPTER IX. THE FLOWER OF THE SOUL CHAPTER X. ALUMION CHAPTER XI. THE FLYING APE CHAPTER XII. SUNWARD HO! CHAPTER XIII. HOME AGAIN
- A TRIP TO VENUS.
- CHAPTER I.
- A MESSAGE FROM MARS.
- CHAPTER II.
- HOW CAN WE GET TO THE OTHER PLANETS?
- CHAPTER III.
- A NEW FORCE.
- CHAPTER IV.
- THE ELECTRIC ORRERY.
- CHAPTER V.
- LEAVING THE EARTH.
- CHAPTER VI.
- IN SPACE.
- CHAPTER VII.
- ARRIVING IN VENUS.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- THE CRATER LAND.
- CHAPTER IX.
- THE FLOWER OF THE SOUL.
- CHAPTER X.
- ALUMION.
- CHAPTER XI.
- THE FLYING APE.
- CHAPTER XII
- SUNWARD HO!
- CHAPTER XIII.
- HOME AGAIN.
- THE END.
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