Lanterna Rally

Author: Jules Verne

Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9781230105109

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...