"Thus, my friends," said Barbicane, "all motion suddenly stopped produces heat. And this theory allows us to infer that the heat of the solar disc is fed by a hail of meteors falling incessantly on its surface. They have even calculated - " "Oh, dear !" murmured Michel, "the figures are coming."


From the Earth to the Moon, Chapter VI (p. 196), Charles Scribner's Sons. 1905


Thus, my friends, said Barbicane, all motion suddenly stopped produces heat. And this theory allows us to infer that the heat of the solar disc is...

Thus, my friends, said Barbicane, all motion suddenly stopped produces heat. And this theory allows us to infer that the heat of the solar disc is...

Thus, my friends, said Barbicane, all motion suddenly stopped produces heat. And this theory allows us to infer that the heat of the solar disc is...

Thus, my friends, said Barbicane, all motion suddenly stopped produces heat. And this theory allows us to infer that the heat of the solar disc is...