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儒勒·凡尔纳JulesVerne
儒勒·凡尔纳(JulesVerne,1828—1905),法国著名科幻小说家、冒险小说家。
1863年,他凭《在已知和未知世界中奇异的漫游》一举成名,进一步地激发了他的创作热情。
他一生中共创作了66部小说,其中《格兰特船长的儿女》《海底两万里》《神秘岛》《八十天环游地球》等风靡全球,成为家喻户晓的作品。
他以大量著作和突出贡献,被誉为“现代科学幻想小说之父”
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IhofSeptember,1850,IarrivedatFrankfort-on-the-Maine.Mypassagethroughtheprincipalany,hadbeenbrilliantlymarkedbyaerostati;but,uptothisday,noinhabitantofthefederationhadae,andthesuccessfulexperimentsatParisreen,Godard,andPoitevin,hadfailedtoihegraveGermaaerialvoyages.
Meanwhile,hardlyhadtheneroagascirculatedthroughoutFrankfort,thanthreepersohefavourofapawodaysafter,weweretoasthePlacedelaedie.Iimmediatelyoccupiedmyselfwiththepreparations.Myballoon,ofgiganticproportions,wasofsilk,coatedercha,asubstaliabletoinjuryfromacidsas,andofabsoluteimpermeability.Srentsweremeableresultsofperilousdests.
ThedayofouraswasthatofthegreatfairofSeptember,whichattractsalltheworldtoFrankfort.Theapparatusfosedofsixhogsheadsarrangedarevat,hermeticallysealed.Thehydrogengas,evolvedbythetactofwaterwithironandsulphuricacid,passedfromthefirstreservoirstothesedtheheimmenseglobe,whichwasthusgraduallyihesepreparatiohem,andabout11o'clock,theballooersfull;suffitlyso;foraswerise,theatmosphericlayersdimiy,andthegas,edwithi,agmoreelasticity,mightotherwiseburstitsenvelope.Mycalshadfurheexactmeasurementofgasrequiredtocarrymyyselftoasiderableheight.
&oasoon.Itwastrulyamagacle,thatoftheimpatientcrowdwhedaroundthereservedeedtheentiresquareandadjois,aheneighbhousesfromthebasemeedroofs.Thehighwindsofpastdayshadlulled,andawasradiatingfromanuncloudedsky;hamosphere.Iher,odestheveryspothehadleft.
Icarriedthreehundredpoundsofballast,inbags;thecar,perfed,fourfeetihreefeeti,wastlyattached;thecordwhieditwassymmetricallyexteheupperhemisphereoftheaerostat;thepasswasinitsplace,thebarometersuspeheironhoopwhidedthesuppcord,atadistaabovethecar;theanchorcarefullyprepared,allwasinreadinessforourdeparture.
Amongthepersonswhocrowdedaroundtheenclosure,Iremarkedayoungmanwithpalefadagitatedfeatures.Iwasstruckearance.HehadbeenanassiduousspeyassiiesofGermany.Hisuneasyairaraordiiohim;heeagerlyplatedtheae,whichrestedmotioafewfeetfromtheground,a.
&rucktwelve!
Thiswasthehour.Mypanionshadnotappeared.Isenttothedwellingofeadlearoartedf,anotherforVienhird,stillmorefearful,forLoshadfailedthematthemomeakihoseexs,whigesofaeronauts,aredeprivedofalldaheymade,asitartrammeofthefete,theyhadfearedbeiofulfiltheiragreements,ahemomeheircehadbeeiotothesquareoftheirswift.
&huspartlydisappoiingwithangerandimpatience.Ididoase.Tore-establishtheequilibriumbetweenthespecificgravityoftheballoooberaised,Isubstitutedsofsandformyexpepaniohecar.Thetwelvemenwhtheaerostatbytwelvecordsfasteorialcircle,letthemslipbetweentheirfihecarroseafewfeetabovethegrouabreathofwind,amosphere,heavyaslead,seemedinsurmountable.
"Allisready!
"exclaimedI,"attention!
"
Themehemselves;alastglanethateverythingwasright.
"Attention!
"
Therewassomemovementinthecrowdwhichseemedtobeinvadingthereservedenclosure.
"Letgo!
"
Theballoonslowlyasded;butIexperiencedashockwhichthrewmetothebottomoftheIrose,Ifouofauedvoyager—thepaleyoungman.
"Monsieur,Isaluteyou!
"saidhetome.
"Bywhatright?"
"AmIhere?Bytherightofyourinabilitytotur."
Iwasded.Hisassurane;andIhadnothingtosayinreply.Ilookedathim,buthepaidomyasto.Heued:
"Myweightwilldisturbyourequilibrium,Monsieur:willyoupermitme?"
Andwithoutwaitingformyasseeheballoonbytwobagsofsandwhichheemptiedintotheair.
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