A Trip to Venus
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In plain English, at 4 a. m., a ray of light had been observed on the disc of the planet Mars in or near the "terminator"; that is to say, the zone of twilight separating day from night. The news was doubly interesting to me, because a singular dream of "Sunrise in the Moon" had quickened my imagination as to the wonders of the universe beyond our little globe, and because of a never-to-be-forgotten experience of mine with an aged astronomer several years ago...
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- ISBN: 9781473216204
- Author: John Munro
- Pub date: 29.10.15
- RRP: $7.99
- Format: Electronic book text
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John Munro
John Munro (1849-1930)
John Munro was a British engineer and professor of mechanical engineering at Bristol. He wrote three tales of genre interest: "A Message from Mars", published in Cassell's Family Magazine in 1894, "Sun-Rise in the Moon, also published in Cassell's in 1894, and A Trip To Venus in 1897, which incorporates "A Message from Mars" as the first chapter.