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For
instance
,
some
worthy
persons
maintained
that
the
moon
was
an
ancient
comet
which
,
in
describing
its
elongated
orbit
round
the
sun
,
happened
to
pass
near
the
earth
,
and
became
confined
within
her
circle
of
attraction
.
These
drawing-room
astronomers
professed
to
explain
the
charred
aspect
of
the
moon
--
a
disaster
which
they
attributed
to
the
intensity
of
the
solar
heat
;
only
,
on
being
reminded
that
comets
have
an
atmosphere
,
and
that
the
moon
has
little
or
none
,
they
were
fairly
at
a
loss
for
a
reply
.
Others
again
,
belonging
to
the
doubting
class
,
expressed
certain
fears
as
to
the
position
of
the
moon
.
They
had
heard
it
said
that
,
according
to
observations
made
in
the
time
of
the
Caliphs
,
her
revolution
had
become
accelerated
in
a
certain
degree
.
Hence
they
concluded
,
logically
enough
,
that
an
acceleration
of
motion
ought
to
be
accompanied
by
a
corresponding
diminution
in
the
distance
separating
the
two
bodies
;
and
that
,
supposing
the
double
effect
to
be
continued
to
infinity
,
the
moon
would
end
by
one
day
falling
into
the
earth
.
However
,
they
became
reassured
as
to
the
fate
of
future
generations
on
being
apprised
that
,
according
to
the
calculations
of
Laplace
,
this
acceleration
of
motion
is
confined
within
very
restricted
limits
,
and
that
a
proportional
diminution
of
speed
will
be
certain
to
succeed
it
.
So
,
then
,
the
stability
of
the
solar
system
would
not
be
deranged
in
ages
to
come
.
There
remains
but
the
third
class
,
the
superstitious
.
These
worthies
were
not
content
merely
to
rest
in
ignorance
;
they
must
know
all
about
things
which
had
no
existence
whatever
,
and
as
to
the
moon
,
they
had
long
known
all
about
her
.
One
set
regarded
her
disc
as
a
polished
mirror
,
by
means
of
which
people
could
see
each
other
from
different
points
of
the
earth
and
interchange
their
thoughts
Another
set
pretended
that
out
of
one
thousand
new
moons
that
had
been
observed
,
nine
hundred
and
fifty
had
been
attended
with
remarkable
disturbances
,
such
as
cataclysms
,
revolutions
,
earthquakes
,
the
deluge
,
etc.
.
Then
they
believed
in
some
mysterious
influence
exercised
by
her
over
human
destinies
--
that
every
Selenite
was
attached
to
some
inhabitant
of
the
earth
by
a
tie
of
sympathy
;
they
maintained
that
the
entire
vital
system
is
subject
to
her
control
,
etc.
.
But
in
time
the
majority
renounced
these
vulgar
errors
,
and
espoused
the
true
side
of
the
question
.
As
for
the
Yankees
,
they
had
no
other
ambition
than
to
take
possession
of
this
new
continent
of
the
sky
,
and
to
plant
upon
the
summit
of
its
highest
elevation
the
star
-
spangled
banner
of
the
United
States
of
America
.
The
Observatory
of
Cambridge
in
its
memorable
letter
had
treated
the
question
from
a
purely
astronomical
point
of
view
.
The
mechanical
part
still
remained
.
President
Barbicane
had
,
without
loss
of
time
,
nominated
a
working
committee
of
the
Gun
Club
.
The
duty
of
this
committee
was
to
resolve
the
three
grand
questions
of
the
cannon
,
the
projectile
,
and
the
powder
.
It
was
composed
of
four
members
of
great
technical
knowledge
,
Barbicane
(
with
a
casting
vote
in
case
of
equality
)
,
General
Morgan
,
Major
Elphinstone
,
and
J.
T.
Maston
,
to
whom
were
confided
the
functions
of
secretary
.
On
the
8th
of
October
the
committee
met
at
the
house
of
President
Barbicane
,
3
Republican
Street
.
The
meeting
was
opened
by
the
president
himself
.
"
Gentlemen
,
"
said
he
,
"
we
have
to
resolve
one
of
the
most
important
problems
in
the
whole
of
the
noble
science
of
gunnery
.
It
might
appear
,
perhaps
,
the
most
logical
course
to
devote
our
first
meeting
to
the
discussion
of
the
engine
to
be
employed
.
Nevertheless
,
after
mature
consideration
,
it
has
appeared
to
me
that
the
question
of
the
projectile
must
take
precedence
of
that
of
the
cannon
,
and
that
the
dimensions
of
the
latter
must
necessarily
depend
on
those
of
the
former
.
"
"
Suffer
me
to
say
a
word
,
"
here
broke
in
J.
T.
Maston
.
Permission
having
been
granted
,
"
Gentlemen
,
"
said
he
with
an
inspired
accent
,
"
our
president
is
right
in
placing
the
question
of
the
projectile
above
all
others
.
The
ball
we
are
about
to
discharge
at
the
moon
is
our
ambassador
to
her
,
and
I
wish
to
consider
it
from
a
moral
point
of
view
.
The
cannon-ball
,
gentlemen
,
to
my
mind
,
is
the
most
magnificent
manifestation
of
human
power
.
If
Providence
has
created
the
stars
and
the
planets
,
man
has
called
the
cannon-ball
into
existence
.
Let
Providence
claim
the
swiftness
of
electricity
and
of
light
,
of
the
stars
,
the
comets
,
and
the
planets
,
of
wind
and
sound
--
we
claim
to
have
invented
the
swiftness
of
the
cannon-ball
,
a
hundred
times
superior
to
that
of
the
swiftest
horses
or
railway
train
.
How
glorious
will
be
the
moment
when
,
infinitely
exceeding
all
hitherto
attained
velocities
,
we
shall
launch
our
new
projectile
with
the
rapidity
of
seven
miles
a
second
!
Shall
it
not
,
gentlemen
--
shall
it
not
be
received
up
there
with
the
honors
due
to
a
terrestrial
ambassador
?
"
