A journey in other worlds - A romance of the future by John Jacob Astor
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Summer, 93
Terrestrial days Autumn, 90 Winter,89 Mars... 24 37 23 Spring, 191 0.96 2.54 0.38 6.2 27 1/2 Summer, 181 Martian days Autumn, 149 Winter, 147 Asteroids........................................................ Jupiter. 9 55 28 ......... 0.22 1.29 2.55 40.98 1 1/2 Saturn..10 29 17 ......... 0.13 0.63 1.15 18.53 27 Uranus. ....... ......... 0.18 1.41 0.91 14.6 102(?) Neptune......... ......... 0.20 0 0.88 14.2 ..... ----------------------------------------------------------------- "You see," Ayrault explained, "on Jupiter we shall need our apergetic outfits to enable us to make long marches, while on Saturn they will not be necessary, the increase in our weight as a result of that planet's size being considerably less than the usual load carried by the Roman soldier." "I do not imagine," said Cortlandt, "we should long be troubled by gravitation without our apergetic outfits even on Jupiter, for, though our weight will be more than doubled, we can take off |
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