AVoyageinaBalloon
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”。
InthemonthofSeptember, 1850, , hadbeenbrilliantlymarkedbyaerostaticballoon; but, uptothisday, noinhabitantoftheConfederationhadaccompaniedme, , Godard, andPoitevin, hadfailedtoinducethegraveGermanstoattemptaerialvoyages.
Meanwhile, hardlyhadthenewsofmyapproachingascensioncirculatedthroughoutFrankfort, , , ofgiganticproportions, wasofsilk, coatedwithguttapercha, asubstancenotliabletoinjuryfromacidsorgas, : theinevitableresultsofperilousdescents.
ThedayofourascensionwasthatofthegreatfairofSeptember, , , evolvedbythecontactofwaterwithironandsulphuricacid, passedfromthefirstreservoirstothesecond, andthenceintotheimmenseglobe, , andabout11o' clock, theballoonwasthree-quartersfull; sufficientlyso; foraswerise, theatmosphericlayersdiminishindensity, andthegas, confinedwithintheaerostat, acquiringmoreelasticity, .
, thatoftheimpatientcrowdwhothrongedaroundthereservedenclosure, inundatedtheentiresquareandadjoiningstreets, , andanoverpoweringheatwasradiatingfromanuncloudedsky; , onemightdescendintheveryspothehadleft.