The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 23, 1947, Page 3

= ee ee ee aber se 2 ee 4 q Chapter 3 cP B CANE, ya lost not ' ‘one moment amid all the en- ‘thusiasm‘of which he had become the object. His first care was to reassemble his colleagues. in the -room of the Gun. Club. There, after some discussion, it was agreed to consult the astron- omers regarding the astronomical ans, ee) - nothin. wanting to ensure the success of ’ this great experiment, ‘A note couched in precise terms, containing special inter- reenatee beg ee ane up and addressed to the Observatory of Cambridge in Massachusetts. This celebrated institution fully ‘|. §ustified on all points the confi- dence reposed in it by the Gun Club. After two days, the reply so impatiently awaited was p!aced in the hands of President Barbi- cane. It was couched in the following terms: “On the receipt of your favor of the 6th-instant, addressed to the Observatory of Cambridge in the name of the members of the Baltimore Gun Club, our staff was immediately called together, and it was judged expedient to reply as follows: “The questions which have been proposed to it are these— e* ‘1.-Is it possible to transmit a projectile up to the moon? © #2. What is the exact distance which separates the earth from its satellite? : ‘ “3. What will be the period of transit of the projectile when en- dowed with sufficient initial ve- locity? and, consequently, at what ‘moment ought it to be discharged in. order. that. it may touch the moon at a particular point? “*4, At wha. precise moment f, will:the moon present herself in the most favorable position to be reached by the projectile? “«§. What point: in the heavens ought the cannon to be aimed at which is intended to discharge the projectile?’ “These are our answers to the questions. proposed to the Ob- servatory of Cambridge by the members of the Gun Club: PT Surprise, Surprise ' Yanks Try Blind Buying’ Rules German Bars’. NUERNBERG.—(AP),.— Ameri- Ay. -eans are‘'going in for blind: buy-. . ih! New theatre” ‘diréctive re- uites ‘sitting ‘for drinks’ ‘in’ ‘all i U.S. ‘installations ‘now: When you ask for ‘a whisky, you take what the German’- bartender brings you. — ead ' The same thing has happened to food, at least here. The old cafeteria: which served the inter- ‘national military tribunal has been abolished. Now the . waiter brings the food. There are no printed menus. Some days it is quite’ a surprise. = Germans in Munich are doing just the opposite in one way. TODAY IN HISTORY (Know America) 1635—Boston. Public Latin, country’s oldest public school, founded. ee 1778—John Paul Jones carries the Revolutionary War to shores ‘of England—enters harbor of Whitehaven’ and fires. several ' ships. ‘ ‘ 1789—Gen. Washington arrive in New York, then country’s capital, to take Presidential oath as first President—a gala. day. 1789—-Congress debates then subject of major importance: what title to give new President. Finally decided as “Mr. Presi- dent.” : 1838—Steamers “Sirius” and “Great Western”, first transat- ‘lantic steamers on a regular run, arrive the same day in New York City. 1843—Last day of the world ac- cording to Millerites’ predictions. 1247—(100 years ago) Surviv- ors of the ill-fated Donner emi- grant party finally reach Fort Sutter, California. ' 1885—First banquet of Grid- bitinna -iron Club, Washington. Fy 1896—Edison’s Vitascope pre- sented as last act on Broadway vaudeville bill--regarded as the birth of the movies. “3 1898—First gun fired in the ah \* Spanish-American war—by the / USS. Nashville across bow of { Spanish merchdnt ship, Buena Ventura. _ 1941—Greek « army surrenders to Germans. First mass meeting of the American First Committee, New York, with Col. Lindbergh speaking. 1944—Japs fight hard to ad- vance into India, ; 1945—Russian tanks within Berlin. 7th U.S. army crosses Danube. 1946—Russians boycott further debate as U.S. votes to keep Iran pn the agenda, Pyar eran part e enterprise. Their ré-}. Eo sahestained, they canta i : By Jules Verne ‘the committee met at the ho 196 “To sum up—* : “Ist. The cannon ought to be planted: in a country situated, be- tween 0° and 28° of N. or S, lat. . “2d. It ought to be pointed di- rectly toward the zenith of the place. ; te “3d. The projectile ought to be propelled with an initial velocity of 12,000 yards per second. “4th. It ought to be discharged at 10hrs, 46m. 40sec. of the 1st of December ofthe ensuing year. “Sth. It will meet the moon four days after its discharge, pre- cisely at midnight on the 4th of December, at’ the moment of its transit across the zenith. “The members of the Gun Club ought, therefore, without delay, to commence the works _ neces- sary for such an experiment, and to be prepared to set to work at the moment determined upon; for, if they should suffer this 4th of December to. go by, they will not find the moon again under the same conditions of perigee and of zenith until eighteen years and eleven days afterward. . “The staff of the Cambridge Observatory place themselves en- tirely at their disposal in respect of all questions of theoretical as- tronomy; and herewith add their congratulations to those of all the rest of America.” The. immediate result of Barbi- cane’s proposition was to place upon the orders of the day all the astronomical facts relative to the Queen of Night. Everybody set to work to study assiduously. One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens. PRESIDENT BARBICANE had, without loss of time, nomi- nated a working committee of the Gun Club. The duty of this committee was to resolve the three grand questions of the can- non, the projectile, and the pow- der. It was. composed of four members of great technical knowledge, Barbicane (with a casting vote in case of equality), General Morgan, Major Elphin- stone, and J. T. Maston, to whom were confided the ‘functions of secretary. On the 8th of October go through the school day:*;'‘Thé ‘supplementary launches of eggs,'m ‘fs pre-tubercular. Scenes like this appear in the motion pictute,iNoti _ By Bread Alone, being shown in all Episcopal Churches, to show how” Undernourished Czechoslovak chiliden-do ot Ik:‘and cdcoa.! of President Barbicane, 3 Repub#: lican Street. The meeting . “Gentlemen,” said. he, ¥ have to resolve one of the moi important preniens in the whole i of the nob e science of gunnery. It might appear, the discussion first meeting to employ the engine to. be Nevertheless, after mature’ con- j sideration, it has appeared to me ¥- that the question of the projec- ? tile must take precedence of that § of the cannon, and that the di- { mensions of the latter must nec- essarily:depend upon those of the # former.” id “Suffer me to say a word,” here % broke in J. T. Maston.: Permission & “Gentle- & having been granted, men,” said he, with an inspire accent, “our president is right placing the question of the pro- jectile above all others. The ball # we are about to discharge at the g moon is our ambassador to her, and I wish to consider it from a # moral point of view. The cannon- ball, gentlemen, to my mind, is# the most magnificent manifesta- §& tion of human power. If Provi-? dence -has created the stars and the planets, man ‘has called the § rf cannon-ball into existence. Le electricity and of light, of the stars, the comets, and the have invented the swiftness ‘ of the cannon-ball, a hundred times% superior to that of the swiftest horses. or railway train. How? glorious: -will be the moment® infinitely exceeding . all” shall launch our new projectile? with the rapidity of seven milés, a second! Shall it not, gentlemen + —shall it not be received up there® %%, 2 when, hitherto attained velocities, with the honors due to a tem: restrial ambassador?” os as Overcome with emotion the® orator sat down and applied him-” self to a huge plate of. Sand wiches before him. er “And now,” said Barbicane, “let us quit the domain of poe and come direct to the question.” “By all means,” replied the members, each with his mou full of sandwich. : ‘To be continued) es} alf:of ctute,iNot the Chutch is helping desperate need in-the war-devastated countries: -—-- They have adopted. the Anaasicnn yc, Wher in, 1990). system in their libraries, where- by a person sees a_ book, ex- | amines the cover, scans a chapter or two and decides to take it. 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