The Complete Works of Garrett Putman ServissThis Complete Collection includes the following titles:--------1 - Edisons Conquest of Mars2 - Astronomy with an Opera-glass3 - The Moon: A Popular Treatise4 - Round the year with the stars5 - A Columbus o...Daugiau...
Garrett Putnam Serviss was an American astronomer and science fiction writer. His writing creates peoples interest in astronomy. In this book he tells the importance of opera-glass. Opera-glass has given us clear vision for astronomy and makes u...Daugiau...
Excerpt: "e;The Galaxy, or Milky Way, surrounds the borders of our island in space like a stellar garland, and when openings appear in it they are, by contrast, far more impressive than the general darkness of the interstellar expanse seen in oth...Daugiau...
Excerpt: "e;Star-gazing was never more popular than it is now. In every civilized country many excellent telescopes are owned and used, often to very good purpose, by persons who are not practical astronomers, but who wish to see for themselves t...Daugiau...
Excerpt: "e;If the pure and elevated pleasure to be derived from the possession and use of a good telescope of three, four, five, or six inches aperture were generally known, I am certain that no instrument of science would be more commonly found...Daugiau...
Other worlds and their inhabitants are remarkably popular subjects of speculation at the present time. Every day we hear people asking one another if it is true that we shall soon be able to communicate with some of the far-off globes, such as Mars,...Daugiau...
After huge gold deposits were found in Antarctica and gold became common, the worlds financial markets went into a tailspin and every currency lost its value. As bankers meet to find a solution they are approached by one Dr. Syx, who has an evil sne...Daugiau...
In Garrett P. Serviss 1911 novel "e;The Second Deluge,"e; due to a cosmic mischance, no fewer than 30,000 feet of rain fall upon our fair planet in under one year...enough to effectively drown the entire world, past the tippy top of Mt. Ever...Daugiau...
A group of friends travel to Venus in a "e;car"e; (the author deliberately avoids calling it a ship) constructed by one of their number, a scientist with a brilliant mind, who - like the author himself - has always been explaining scientific...Daugiau...
Excerpt: "e;"e;The savant who originally demonstrated the earthly origin of the moon,"e; I replied, "e;is not one to be easily led into extravagance by his imagination. It is Prof. George Darwin, the son of the famous author of the O...Daugiau...
Following in the footsteps of one of the greatest science fiction masterpieces ever written, this long-forgotten sequel to "e;The War of the Worlds"e; boasts Thomas Edison as its hero. Originally published in the late 1800s, this is one of th...Daugiau...
'Edison's Conquest of Mars' was printed in 1898 as a subsequence to H.G.Wells's 'The War of the Worlds'. It concerns Edison's efforts to hold off a Martian attack on Earth, with his own occupation of Mars. It also,...Daugiau...
In this book author says that humans always keen to know about the hidden facts of surrounding world. The secrets of the universe are the most inquisitive part of the scientific study. Author brings in light some recent discoveries about the other p...Daugiau...
The book 'The Moon Metal' was a science fiction story written by famous American writer Garrett P. Serviss, published in 1900. Serviss was a passionate astronomy writer, in this entertaining novella, he has imagined a future amusing story....Daugiau...
'A Columbus of Space' is a glorious story of adventure on Venus, published in 1909 and written by Garrett P. Serviss. This is first story ever reported about an atomic powered spacecraft. It is an precarious thriller written at a time when...Daugiau...
'Curiosities of the Sky' is a fascinating book written by Garrett P. Serviss, an American astronomer, published first time in 1909. His writings popularize astronomy and generates curiosity among the people to know the unrevealed facts of s...Daugiau...
Great American astronomy writer Garrett P. Serviss has written this book Pleasure of Telescope, first published in 1901. When this book was published there was an outrage, as on it's cover page picture of a nude goddess shown later it was change...Daugiau...
H. G. Wells, Garrett Putman Serviss, Voltaire, August Nemo
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