A Voyage to the Moon by George Tucker
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CHAPTER V. The voyage continued--Second view of Asia--The Brahmin's speculations concerning India--Increase of the Moon's attraction--Appearance of the Moon --They land on the Moon. CHAPTER VI. Some account of Morosofia, and its chief city, Alamatua --Singular dresses of the Lunar ladies--Religious self-denial--Glonglim miser and spendthrift. CHAPTER VII. Physical peculiarities of the Moon--Celestial phenomena --Farther description of the Lunarians--National prejudice--Lightness of bodies--The Brahmin carries Atterley to sup with a philosopher-- His character and opinions. CHAPTER VIII. A celebrated physician: his ingenious theories in physics: his mechanical inventions--The feather-hunting Glonglim. CHAPTER IX. The fortune-telling philosopher, who inspected the |
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