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A Voyage in a Balloon (1852)

Jules Verne

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .It was truly a magnificent spectacle, that of the impatient crowd who thronged around the reserved enclosure, inundated the entire square and adjoining streets, and covered the neighbouring houses from the basements to the slated roofs. The high winds of past days had lulled, and an overpowering heat was radiating from an unclouded sky; not a breath animated the atmosphere. In such weather, one might descend in the very spot he had left.

I carried three hundred pounds of ballast, in bags; the car, perfectly round, four feet in diameter, and three feet in height, was conveniently attached; the cord which sustained it was symmetrically extended from the upper hemisphere of the aerostat; the compass was in its place, the barometer suspended to the iron hoop which surrounded the supporting cord, at a distance of eight feet above the car; the anchor carefully prepared;. . . Read More

Community Reviews

Aterrador, al iniciar un viaje en globo ningún pasajero quisiera que los acompañara un suicida, pues en este drama sucede, y las descripción de como un pasajero busca el momento más peligroso, la ruta mas tormentosa; el otro intenta por todos los medios y apelando a la suerte poder salvarse. Un viaj

This was quite intense! Nice, short steampunk adventure.

গল্পটায় ভালো কিছু উপাদান ছিল,তবে তাদেরকে প্রস্ফুটিত হওয়ার জায়গা দেওয়া হয়নি।
এই ছোটগল্পটি জুল ভার্নের প্রথম দিকের কাজ।তাই তাঁর পরের দিকের কাজগুলোর সাথে এর তুলনা করাটা বোধহয় বোকামী হবে।জুল ভার্নের ফ্যানদের জন্য 'ওয়ান টাইম রিড' হিসেবে ঠিকঠাক।

3,5 stelle

Un divertente ed istruttivo racconto su un uomo che vuole seguire le orme dei suoi eroi... Peccato che questi siano tutti martiri della scienza, morti in viaggi aerostatici accidentati!

I've read Jules Verne books before & liked them so I wasn't prepared for this one which was more of an article than a book. There really wasn't much of a story to it either--a balloonist is going to launch from Frankfurt during a festival & has selected three volunteers to join him. When it comes ti

شخص يحل ضيفا غير متوقع على رياضي قبل رحلته على متن منطاد كان على وشك الإقلاع... لكن المشكلة الفعلية تظهر عند اقتراب نهاية الرحلة فالضيف اختار المنطاد كوسيلة للموت ...
و هنا يتجلى إمام ذلك الرياضي حقيقة الأمر فالكثير من المواقف تتطلب منا خلق اللحظة المناسبة للتحرك لا إنتظارها !

عودة لإنتاجات مؤسسة هنداوي للطباعة والنشر و ترجمات الصديق زياد إبراهيم
هذه المرة مع كتابات أبو الخيال العلمي الحقيقي الفرنسي جول فيرن.
الحقيقة هذه القصة القصيرة غريبه جدا فهي اقل ما قرات لجول فيرن غرابة القصة تنبع من انها اشبه بوصف مطول فكرة السفر بالمنطاد
تقريبا جول فيرن أراد ان يضع رؤيته حول هذه ال

Nice short story.

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