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A Journey to the Interior of the Earth

Chapter 6 EXCITING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT AN UNPARALLELED ENTERPRISE

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weight with Professor Liedenbrock. Now there were good ones against the practicability of such a journey. Penetrate to the centre of the earth! What nonsens

iven, Martha was set at liberty, ran off to the market, and did her part so well that in an hour afterwar

ulged in some of those learned jokes which never do anyb

one end of his tab

hen, wearied out with the struggle, I was going to abandon the contest. Where should I have lost myself? None can te

n a good way. Now is the time f

you understand? There are not a few in the scientific world who envy my success, and many wo

there are many people

that document were divulged, a whole army of geologists wo

cle," I replied; "for we have no proof

ok, inside which we

ut does it follow that he has really accomplished such a journey?

e Professor bent his shaggy brows, and I feared I had seriously compromised my own safety. Happily

what we s

do let me exhaust all the possibl

liberty to express your opinions. You are no lon

ace, I wish to ask wha

taris, names which I ha

Petermann, at Liepzig. Nothing could be more apropos. Take down the th

instructions could not fail to find the re

, that of Handersen, and I believe this

over

d which means glacier in Icelandic, and under the high latitude of Iceland nearly all the active volcanoes d

aid I; "but wh

n would be unanswerable; but I

pital? You do. Well; ascend the innumerable fiords that indent those sea-beaten

like a thigh bone with the

y lad. Now do you see anyt

ain rising ou

That is

Sn?f

, one of the most remarkable in the world, if it

hrugging my shoulders, and disgust

the Professor sever

ently filled with lava and b

it is an exti

tin

ery much larger number of extinct ones. Now, Sn?fell is one of these. Since historic times there has been but one eruption of this

ke no reply. I therefore took refuge i

rd Scartaris, and what have the

ne short moment I felt a ray of hope, speedily

ds to the centre of the globe. What did the Icelandic sage do? He observed that at the approach of the kalends of July, that is to say in the last days of June, one of the peaks, called Scartaris, flung its shadow down the mouth o

t was impregnable. I therefore ceased to press him upon that part of the subject, and as above all thing

t learned philosopher did get to the bottom of Sneffels, he has seen the shadow of Scartaris touch the edge of the crater before the kalends of July; he may even have heard the legendary stories to

ason?" said my u

ence demonstrate such a

or in the tone of a meek disciple. "Oh! unpleasant th

laughing at me; but I

e must be a temperature of 360,032 degrees at the centre of the earth. Therefore, all the substances that compose the body of this earth must exist there in a state of incandescent gas; for the metals that most resist

s the heat that

we should have arrived at the limit of the terrestrial crus

f being put into

ve thousandth part of its radius is known; science is eminently perfectible; and every new theory is soon routed by a newer. Was it not always believed until Fourier that the temperature of the interplanetary spaces decreased perpetually? and is it not known at the present time that

stand upon hypotheses, of cours

] existed in the interior of the globe, the fiery gases arising from the fused matter would acquire an elastic force w

s opinion, my unc

, that the interior of the globe is neither gas nor water, nor any of the heavie

res you may pr

oes has diminished since the first days of creation? and if there is cent

into the legion of speculation, I

to the support of my views. Do you remember a visit pai

s not born until nine

mongst other problems, the hypothesis of the liquid structure of the terrestrial nucleus. We were agre

according to the centigrade system, for which we will

ason?" I said, r

ttraction, and therefore twice every day there would be internal tides, wh

on of fire," I replied, "and it is quite reasonable to suppose that the exter

ich have the peculiar property of igniting at the mere contact with air and water; these metals kindled when the atmospheric vapours fell in rain upon the soil; and by and by, when the waters pe

clever hypothesis," I exclai

of our globe; whenever he caused a fine dew of rain to fall upon its surface, it heaved up into little monticules, it became oxydized and formed miniature mountain

or's arguments, besides which he gave additional weig

there is no proof at all for this internal heat; my opinion is that there is no such thing, it cannot be; besides we shall

rried off by his contagious enthusiasm. "Yes, we shall

s light? May we not even expect light from the atmosphere, the pr

id I; "that is

ce, do you hear me? silence upon the whole subject; and let no one g

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1 Chapter 1 THE PROFESSOR AND HIS FAMILY2 Chapter 2 A MYSTERY TO BE SOLVED AT ANY PRICE3 Chapter 3 THE RUNIC WRITING EXERCISES THE PROFESSOR4 Chapter 4 THE ENEMY TO BE STARVED INTO SUBMISSION5 Chapter 5 FAMINE, THEN VICTORY, FOLLOWED BY DISMAY6 Chapter 6 EXCITING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT AN UNPARALLELED ENTERPRISE7 Chapter 7 A WOMAN'S COURAGE8 Chapter 8 SERIOUS PREPARATIONS FOR VERTICAL DESCENT9 Chapter 9 ICELAND! BUT WHAT NEXT 10 Chapter 10 INTERESTING CONVERSATIONS WITH ICELANDIC SAVANTS11 Chapter 11 A GUIDE FOUND TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH12 Chapter 12 A BARREN LAND13 Chapter 13 HOSPITALITY UNDER THE ARCTIC CIRCLE14 Chapter 14 BUT ARCTICS CAN BE INHOSPITABLE, TOO15 Chapter 15 SN FELL AT LAST16 Chapter 16 BOLDLY DOWN THE CRATER17 Chapter 17 VERTICAL DESCENT18 Chapter 18 THE WONDERS OF TERRESTRIAL DEPTHS19 Chapter 19 GEOLOGICAL STUDIES IN SITU20 Chapter 20 THE FIRST SIGNS OF DISTRESS21 Chapter 21 COMPASSION FUSES THE PROFESSOR'S HEART22 Chapter 22 TOTAL FAILURE OF WATER23 Chapter 23 WATER DISCOVERED24 Chapter 24 WELL SAID, OLD MOLE! CANST THOU WORK I' THE GROUND SO FAST 25 Chapter 25 DE PROFUNDIS26 Chapter 26 THE WORST PERIL OF ALL27 Chapter 27 LOST IN THE BOWELS OF THE EARTH28 Chapter 28 THE RESCUE IN THE WHISPERING GALLERY29 Chapter 29 THALATTA! THALATTA!30 Chapter 30 A NEW MARE INTERNUM31 Chapter 31 PREPARATIONS FOR A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY32 Chapter 32 WONDERS OF THE DEEP33 Chapter 33 A BATTLE OF MONSTERS34 Chapter 34 THE GREAT GEYSER35 Chapter 35 AN ELECTRIC STORM36 Chapter 36 CALM PHILOSOPHIC DISCUSSIONS37 Chapter 37 THE LIEDENBROCK MUSEUM OF GEOLOGY38 Chapter 38 THE PROFESSOR IN HIS CHAIR AGAIN39 Chapter 39 FOREST SCENERY ILLUMINATED BY ELECTRICITY40 Chapter 40 PREPARATIONS FOR BLASTING A PASSAGE TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH41 Chapter 41 THE GREAT EXPLOSION AND THE RUSH DOWN BELOW42 Chapter 42 HEADLONG SPEED UPWARD THROUGH THE HORRORS OF DARKNESS43 Chapter 43 SHOT OUT OF A VOLCANO AT LAST!44 Chapter 44 SUNNY LANDS IN THE BLUE MEDITERRANEAN45 Chapter 45 ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL