From the Earth to the Moon

"From the Earth to the Moon Straight in 97 Hours 20 Minutes" is a science-fiction novel by the French writer Jules Verne about the first journey of a human to the Moon. After the start of the American Civil War in Baltimore (USA), a Cannon Club is organized. Its founder, Impey Barbicane, gets the idea to build a cannon whose shell could, after being fired, reach the Moon. Preliminary calculations showed that the technology of that time would make it possible to construct such a weapon…