Chapter
1 I | against some transatlantic power? Shall not the French sink
2 II | second me with all your power, and I will lead you to
3 II | general terms, the resisting power of cannon and the expansive
4 IV | success must depend upon the power of the engine employed.~
5 VII | magnificent manifestation of human power. If Providence has created
6 VII | If, then, the penetrative power of telescopes has not been
7 VII | increased, it is because that power detracts from their light;
8 VII | to increase the luminous power of the moon?”~“Exactly so.
9 VIII| limited only by the resisting power of the former. Our business,
10 IX | acquainted with the mechanical power of gunpowder. Now this is
11 IX | preserving to it its mechanical power.”~“Good; but by what means?”~“
12 XV | requiring great resisting power, such as cannon, steam boilers,
13 XXIV| possessed of remarkable power and of gigantic dimensions.
14 XXIV| it possessed a magnifying power of 6,000. The second was
15 XXIV| to establish a magnifying power of 48,000 times.~Such was
16 XXIV| Thanks to its penetrative power, the depths of the heavens
17 V | initial speed, under the power of the 400,000 pounds of
18 V | us suppose a comet whose power of attraction is greater
19 VII | which has not a greater power of propulsion than that.”~“
20 XII | singularly lessened its power. Thus Barbicane, posted
21 XV | on the contrary, had no power over their vehicle. Every
22 XXII| been shipped, and the whole power of the machinery collected
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