-
Главная
-
- Книги
-
- Авторы
-
- Жюль Верн
-
- Таинственный остров
-
- Стр. 101/526
Для того чтобы воспользоваться озвучкой предложений, необходимо
Войти или зарегистрироваться
Озвучка предложений доступна при наличии PRO-доступа
Купить PRO-доступ
"
We
shall
do
it
,
if
it
is
necessary
,
"
replied
Cyrus
Harding
.
But
while
these
men
,
who
really
hesitated
at
nothing
,
were
talking
,
the
hour
approached
at
which
the
observation
was
to
be
made
.
What
Cyrus
Harding
was
to
do
to
ascertain
the
passage
of
the
sun
at
the
meridian
of
the
island
,
without
an
instrument
of
any
sort
,
Herbert
could
not
guess
.
The
observers
were
then
about
six
miles
from
the
Chimneys
,
not
far
from
that
part
of
the
downs
in
which
the
engineer
had
been
found
after
his
enigmatical
preservation
.
They
halted
at
this
place
and
prepared
for
breakfast
,
for
it
was
half-past
eleven
.
Herbert
went
for
some
fresh
water
from
a
stream
which
ran
near
,
and
brought
it
back
in
a
jug
,
which
Neb
had
provided
.
During
these
preparations
Harding
arranged
everything
for
his
astronomical
observation
.
He
chose
a
clear
place
on
the
shore
,
which
the
ebbing
tide
had
left
perfectly
level
.
This
bed
of
fine
sand
was
as
smooth
as
ice
,
not
a
grain
out
of
place
.
It
was
of
little
importance
whether
it
was
horizontal
or
not
,
and
it
did
not
matter
much
whether
the
stick
six
feet
high
,
which
was
planted
there
,
rose
perpendicularly
.
On
the
contrary
,
the
engineer
inclined
it
towards
the
south
,
that
is
to
say
,
in
the
direction
of
the
coast
opposite
to
the
sun
,
for
it
must
not
be
forgotten
that
the
settlers
in
Lincoln
Island
,
as
the
island
was
situated
in
the
Southern
Hemisphere
,
saw
the
radiant
planet
describe
its
diurnal
arc
above
the
northern
,
and
not
above
the
southern
horizon
.
Herbert
now
understood
how
the
engineer
was
going
to
proceed
to
ascertain
the
culmination
of
the
sun
,
that
is
to
say
its
passing
the
meridian
of
the
island
or
,
in
other
words
,
determine
due
south
.
It
was
by
means
of
the
shadow
cast
on
the
sand
by
the
stick
,
a
way
which
,
for
want
of
an
instrument
,
would
give
him
a
suitable
approach
to
the
result
which
he
wished
to
obtain
.
In
fact
,
the
moment
when
this
shadow
would
reach
its
minimum
of
length
would
be
exactly
twelve
o'clock
,
and
it
would
be
enough
to
watch
the
extremity
of
the
shadow
,
so
as
to
ascertain
the
instant
when
,
alter
having
successively
diminished
,
it
began
to
lengthen
.
By
inclining
his
stick
to
the
side
opposite
to
the
sun
,
Cyrus
Harding
made
the
shadow
longer
,
and
consequently
its
modifications
would
be
more
easily
ascertained
.
In
fact
,
the
longer
the
needle
of
a
dial
is
,
the
more
easily
can
the
movement
of
its
point
be
followed
.
The
shadow
of
the
stick
was
nothing
but
the
needle
of
a
dial
.
The
moment
had
come
,
and
Cyrus
Harding
knelt
on
the
sand
,
and
with
little
wooden
pegs
,
which
he
stuck
into
the
sand
,
he
began
to
mark
the
successive
diminutions
of
the
stick
's
shadow
.
His
companions
,
bending
over
him
,
watched
the
operation
with
extreme
interest
.
The
reporter
held
his
chronometer
in
his
hand
,
ready
to
tell
the
hour
which
it
marked
when
the
shadow
would
be
at
its
shortest
.
Moreover
,
as
Cyrus
Harding
was
working
on
the
16th
of
April
,
the
day
on
which
the
true
and
the
average
time
are
identical
,
the
hour
given
by
Gideon
Spilett
would
be
the
true
hour
then
at
Washington
,
which
would
simplify
the
calculation
.
Meanwhile
as
the
sun
slowly
advanced
,
the
shadow
slowly
diminished
,
and
when
it
appeared
to
Cyrus
Harding
that
it
was
beginning
to
increase
,
he
asked
,
"
What
o'clock
is
it
?
"
"
One
minute
past
five
,
"
replied
Gideon
Spilett
directly
.
They
had
now
only
to
calculate
the
operation
.
Nothing
could
be
easier
.
It
could
be
seen
that
there
existed
,
in
round
numbers
,
a
difference
of
five
hours
between
the
meridian
of
Washington
and
that
of
Lincoln
Island
,
that
is
to
say
,
it
was
midday
in
Lincoln
Island
when
it
was
already
five
o'clock
in
the
evening
in
Washington
.
Now
the
sun
,
in
its
apparent
movement
round
the
earth
,
traverses
one
degree
in
four
minutes
,
or
fifteen
degrees
an
hour
.
Fifteen
degrees
multiplied
by
five
hours
give
seventy-five
degrees
.
Then
,
since
Washington
is
77deg
3
'
11
"
as
much
as
to
say
seventy-seven
degrees
counted
from
the
meridian
of
Greenwich
which
the
Americans
take
for
their
starting-point
for
longitudes
concurrently
with
the
English
--
it
followed
that
the
island
must
be
situated
seventy-seven
and
seventy-five
degrees
west
of
the
meridian
of
Greenwich
,
that
is
to
say
,
on
the
hundred
and
fifty-second
degree
of
west
longitude
.
Cyrus
Harding
announced
this
result
to
his
companions
,
and
taking
into
consideration
errors
of
observation
,
as
he
had
done
for
the
latitude
,
he
believed
he
could
positively
affirm
that
the
position
of
Lincoln
Island
was
between
the
thirty-fifth
and
the
thirty-seventh
parallel
,
and
between
the
hundred
and
fiftieth
and
the
hundred
and
fifty-fifth
meridian
to
the
west
of
the
meridian
of
Greenwich
.
