Works of Jules Verne: Off on a comet. The underground city

Works of Jules Verne: Off on a comet. The underground city PDF Author: Jules Verne
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Works of Jules Verne: Off on a comet. The underground city

Works of Jules Verne: Off on a comet. The underground city PDF Author: Jules Verne
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Off on a Comet

Off on a Comet PDF Author: Jules Verne
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Off on a comet. The underground city

Off on a comet. The underground city PDF Author: Jules Verne
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Category : Science fiction, French
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Pages : 426

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Works of Jules Verne

Works of Jules Verne PDF Author: Jules Verne
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Languages : en
Pages : 401

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This volume contains translated editions of Verne's "Off On a Comet" and "The Underground City."

The Underground City - Jules Verne

The Underground City - Jules Verne PDF Author: Jules Verne
Publisher: Lumbreras Classics Books
ISBN: 3985942471
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 135

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A novel about the fortunes of a mining community called Aberfoyle which is near Stirling, Scotland. Miner James Starr, after receiving a letter from an old friend, leaves for the Aberfoyle mine. Although believed to be mined out a decade earlier, James Starr finds a mine overman, Simon Ford, along with his family living deep inside the mine. Simon Ford has found a large vein of coal in the mine but the characters must deal with mysterious and unexplainable happenings in and around the mine.

Off on a Comet - Jules Verne

Off on a Comet - Jules Verne PDF Author: Jules Verne
Publisher: Lumbreras Classics Books
ISBN: 3985946817
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 316

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Off on a Comet (French: Hector Servadac) is an 1877 science fiction novel by Jules Verne.The story starts with a comet called Gallia, that touches the Earth in its flight and collects a few small chunks of it. The disaster occurs on January 1 of the year 188x in the area around Gibraltar. On the territory that is carried away by the comet there remain a total of thirty-six people of French, English, Spanish and Russian nationality. These people do not realize at first what has happened, and consider the collision an earthquake

Off on a comet. The underground city

Off on a comet. The underground city PDF Author: Jules Verne
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Pages : 432

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The Underground City (地下之城)

The Underground City (地下之城) PDF Author: Jules Verne
Publisher: Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.
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Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 767

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How can humans survive and prosper 1500 feet below the earth's surface? Jules Verne successfully weaves a dark, yet magnificent story into this equally dark world. The story takes place in a revived and now prosperous coal mine. Amazingly, life in the mine has everything that one desires, including a lake, fish and attractive homes. Yet there lurks an evil presence. Unexplainable, malicious, and life threatening occurrences begin. But why? The evil force could destroy the underground world and everyone in it!

Off on a Comet. the Underground City

Off on a Comet. the Underground City PDF Author: Jules Verne
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN: 9781230105109
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Languages : en
Pages : 144

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 edition. Excerpt: ...density, at least, his comet had the advantage over the earth. Nothing further now remained than to apply the investigations thus finished to the determining of the mass or weight. This was a matter of little labor. "Let me see," said the captain; " what is the force of gravity upon the various planets?" "You can't mean, Servadac, that you have forgotten that? But you always were a disappointing pupil." The captain could not help himself: he was forced to confess that his memory had failed him. " Well, then," said the professor, " I must remind you. Taking the attraction on the earth as I, that on Mercury is 1.15, on Venus it is.92, on Mars.5, and on Jupiter 2.45; on the moon the attraction is.16, whilst on the surface of the sun a terrestrial kilograrnme would weigh 28 kilogrammes." " Therefore, if a man upon the surface of the sun were to fall down, he would have considerable difficulty in getting up again. A cannon ball, too, would only fiy a few yards," said Lieutenant Procope. " A jolly battle-field for cowards! " exclaimed Ben Zoof. " Not so jolly, Ben Zoof, as you fancy," said his master; " the cowards would be too heavy to run away." Ben Zoof ventured the remark that, as the smallness of Gallia secured to its inhabitants such an increase of strength and agility, he was almost sorry that it had not been a little smaller still. "Though it could not anyhow have been very much smaller," he added, looking slyly at the professor. " Idiot! " exclaimed Rosette. "Your head is too light already; a puff of wind would blow it away." " I must take care of my head, then, and hold it...

The Underground City

The Underground City PDF Author: Jules Verne
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781497469396
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Languages : en
Pages : 130

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The classic novel by famous French writer Jules Verne. It was originally published as "Child of the Cavern," but later became "The Underground City" in English publications. This version of the book features pictures and illustrations in many of the chapters. There is a mixture of colored photos and old black & white style photos.