Путешествие на Луну
Final Details
Atlast,Providencebeingpropitious,thiswonderfulloadingcametoahappytermination,CaptainNicholl’sthirdbetbeingthuslost.ItremainednowtointroducetheprojectileintotheColumbiad,andtoplaceitonitssoftbedofgun-cotton.
Butbeforedoingthis,allthosethingsnecessaryforthejourneyhadtobecarefullyarrangedintheprojectilevehicle.Thesenecessarieswerenumerous;andhadArdanbeenallowedtofollowhisownwishes,therewouldhavebeennospaceremainingforthetravelers.ItisimpossibletoconceiveofhalfthethingsthischarmingFrenchmanwishedtoconveytothemoon.Averitablestockofuselesstrifles!ButBarbicaneinterferedandrefusedadmissiontoanythingnotabsolutelyneeded.Severalthermometers,barometers,andtelescopeswerepackedintheinstrumentcase.
Thetravelersbeingdesirousofexamingthemooncarefullyduringtheirvoyage,inordertofacilitatetheirstudies,theytookwiththemBoeerandMoeller’sexcellentMappaSelenographica,amasterpieceofpatienceandobservation,whichtheyhopedwouldenablethemtoidentifythosephysicalfeaturesinthemoon,withwhichtheywereacquainted.Thismapreproducedwithscrupulousfidelitythesmallestdetailsofthelunarsurfacewhichfacestheearth;themountains,valleys,craters,peaks,andridgeswereallrepresented,withtheirexactdimensions,relativepositions,andnames;fromthemountainsDoerfelandLeibnitzontheeasternsideofthedisc,totheMarefrigorisoftheNorthPole.
