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1 I, XV | they were interspersed:~“Gallia??? Ab sole, au 15 fev. 59,
2 I, XV | of interrogations after Gallia?” asked Servadac.~Lieutenant
3 I, XV | I should conjecture that Gallia is the name assigned to
4 I, XV | the distance traversed by Gallia, the new little planet,
5 I, XV | compared to the great planets, Gallia must be almost infinitesimally
6 I, XV | young little world called Gallia. Perhaps some day we may
7 I, XVI | into the habit of using Gallia as the name of the new world
8 I, XVI | inference was irresistible that Gallia was receding from the sun,
9 I, XVI | fresh water, the first that Gallia has exhibited,” said the
10 I, XVI | ice. We must suppose this Gallia of ours to be a sphere,
11 I, XVII | that the farther this Gallia of ours recedes from the
12 I, XVII | the magnificent nights of Gallia were such as must awaken
13 I, XVII | November meteors; in fact, Gallia was passing through that
14 I, XVII | was the speed at which Gallia was receding from the sun,
15 I, XVII | nice little inhabitant of Gallia,” said Captain Servadac,
16 I, XVII | mountain!” they exclaimed.~“Gallia, then, has some internal
17 I, XVII | the motions of the planet Gallia upon its orbit, and committing
18 I, XVII | the following message:~“Gallia Ab sole, au 1 mars, dist.
19 I, XVII | hypothet-ically called Gallia) had been recorded as 82,
20 I, XVII | Thus, in proportion as Gallia receded from the sun, so
21 I, XVII | adheres to the appellation of Gallia, do you not think,” asked
22 I, XVIII| January, when the orbit of Gallia was being traversed at its
23 I, XVIII| tribe upon the surface of Gallia, should resort to Gourbi
24 I, XVIII| enable the inhabitants of Gallia to survive the terrible
25 I, XVIII| if the exact duration of Gallia’s year should ever be calculated,
26 I, XVIII| represented by the population of Gallia.”~“True, captain,” answered
27 I, XIX | CHAPTER XIX~GALLIA’S GOVERNOR GENERAL~The Spaniards
28 I, XIX | impossible to determine, even if Gallia’s orbit were really elliptic,
29 I, XX | that when the surface of Gallia should be covered by a thick
30 I, XX | documents correct? If so, Gallia must now be a hundred millions
31 I, XX | heart and bowels of our own Gallia!”~Whilst the captain was
32 I, XX | combustion either the oxygen of Gallia’s atmosphere had been brought
33 I, XXI | probably the sole outlet for Gallia’s subterranean fires, and
34 I, XXI | tried; but the population of Gallia had no anxiety in the matter
35 I, XXI | winter-time during which Gallia might possibly be projected
36 I, XXI | had ever taken place in Gallia. The Russian sailors exhibited
37 I, XXII | fallen within the limits of Gallia’s attraction, and become
38 I, XXII | hypothesis; the magnitude of Gallia is far too insignificant
39 I, XXII | I tell you, the mass of Gallia is so inferior to that of
40 I, XXII | to that of the moon, that Gallia would become the moon’s
41 I, XXII | of the argument, and if Gallia had become a satellite of
42 I, XXII | apparently much nearer to Gallia than the moon to the earth,
43 I, XXII | of the probability that Gallia, in her course across the
44 I, XXII | twenty hours; consequently Gallia, being of superior volume,
45 I, XXII | of miles on level ground. Gallia had its drawbacks, but it
46 I, XXIII| the present distance of Gallia from the sun, and the number
47 I, XXIII| various shiftings of the wind, Gallia’s winter was caused by her
48 I, XXIII| the following dispatch: “Gallia!~Chemin parcouru du 1er
49 I, XXIV | distance that separated Gallia from the sun, it was after
50 I, XXIV | documents had represented that Gallia, in conformity with Kepler’
51 I, XXIV | such apparent certainty Gallia’s exact position, was it
52 I, XXIV | which uttered the one word, “Gallia?”~“Yes, yes! Gallia!” echoed
53 I, XXIV | word, “Gallia?”~“Yes, yes! Gallia!” echoed Servadac, eagerly.~“
54 II, I | the known population of Gallia was raised to a total of
55 II, I | arrived at some knowledge of Gallia’s movements: he had estimated
56 II, I | of the comet itself was Gallia, and were they mistaken
57 II, I | had associated the name of Gallia, not with their present
58 II, I | assented the lieutenant. “Gallia was the word written at
59 II, I | of every one of them, and Gallia was the first word uttered
60 II, I | here has given the name of Gallia.”~It still remained a puzzle
61 II, II | positive anger, the name of Gallia escaped his lips, as though
62 II, II | resident three months in Gallia, a living witness of all
63 II, II | gentlemen, what do you think of Gallia?”~There was no time for
64 II, II | to have given the name of Gallia.”~“Better than that!” cried
65 II, II | You are on my comet, on Gallia itself!”~And the professor
66 II, III | conveyed us right round Gallia,” added the captain.~“Round
67 II, III | added the captain.~“Round Gallia?” eagerly exclaimed the
68 II, III | Excellency the Governor of Gallia,” interposed Ben Zoof himself,
69 II, III | that it should be known as Gallia.~His next business was to
70 II, III | had learned sufficient of Gallia’s path through space to
71 II, III | the 1st of January last, Gallia, in passing its ascending
72 II, III | the future movements of Gallia, and Rosette was disposed
73 II, III | 000 leagues an hour, and Gallia at the rate of 57,000 leagues
74 II, III | continued the professor, “Gallia is a periodic comet, and
75 II, III | years after the first shock, Gallia will meet the earth at the
76 II, III | added, “If I had my will, Gallia should never return to the
77 II, IV | the one great fact that Gallia was a comet and gravitating
78 II, IV | all the monetary wealth of Gallia into his possession, and
79 II, IV | the distance traveled by Gallia in April was 39,000,000
80 II, IV | with the keenest interest. Gallia’s path, extending beyond
81 II, IV | the semblance of a doubt), Gallia would accomplish her revolution
82 II, IV | during the month of May, Gallia will only travel 30,400,
83 II, IV | I mean the time in which Gallia makes one revolution round
84 II, IV | make up a twelfth part of Gallia’s year— cannot be a month.”~“
85 II, IV | by the professor’s tables Gallia during the month would have
86 II, IV | you not circumnavigated Gallia?”~The lieutenant drew himself
87 II, IV | complete my account of my comet Gallia, I require to know its area,
88 II, IV | and find me the surface of Gallia.”~With more submission than
89 II, IV | and find me the volume of Gallia.”~The captain hesitated.~“
90 II, V | without let or hindrance, Gallia continued its interplanetary
91 II, V | arrived. During the month Gallia’s advance along its orbit
92 II, V | if you please, to weigh Gallia.”~Ben Zoof, who had just
93 II, V | weight on the surface of Gallia. Thus I shall arrive at
94 II, V | of the solid substance of Gallia. “My engineer is the man
95 II, VI | we are going to weigh Gallia with it; my comet.”~“Merciful
96 II, VI | the unit of the soil of Gallia which he proposed to weigh. “
97 II, VI | Paper has no currency in Gallia.”~“About as much as silver,”
98 II, VII | CHAPTER VII~GALLIA WEIGHED~A quarter of an
99 II, VII | calculation; we can now arrive at Gallia’s attraction, density, and
100 II, VII | these coins weigh here upon Gallia.”~He suspended the money
101 II, VII | force of gravity here on Gallia is not one-seventh of what
102 II, VII | circumnavigation, you found Gallia to be composed— a substance
103 II, VII | problem of the whole weight of Gallia. We have demonstrated that
104 II, VII | Why, that the density of Gallia is just about double the
105 II, VII | density, the attraction of Gallia would only have been one-fifteenth
106 II, VII | that, as the smallness of Gallia secured to its inhabitants
107 II, VII | the nature of the soil of Gallia?”~“Yes, I can answer that.
108 II, VII | the number that represents Gallia’s density.”~“A comet of
109 II, VII | replied the astronomer.~“If Gallia, then, should ever become
110 II, VIII | the course of this month Gallia would travel 16,500,000
111 II, VIII | danger could accrue? Was not Gallia, when its pathway led it
112 II, VIII | would be quite content for Gallia to miss its mark with regard
113 II, VIII | September the distance between Gallia and Jupiter was precisely
114 II, VIII | complete that the orbit of Gallia did not coincide with that
115 II, VIII | earth, with which that of Gallia was, no doubt, coincident.~
116 II, VIII | softness and intensity upon Gallia, so that Nerina had to pale
117 II, VIII | would now transpire? Would Gallia be diverted from its proper
118 II, IX | CHAPTER IX~MARKET PRICES IN GALLIA~“All right!” said Servadac,
119 II, IX | On the 1st of November Gallia and Jupiter were 40,000,
120 II, IX | seemed to have settled over Gallia, yet the population felt
121 II, IX | knew that the whole soil of Gallia was made of gold; but the
122 II, IX | general, and the governor of Gallia in particular, who were
123 II, X | SPACE~A month passed away. Gallia continued its course, bearing
124 II, X | spend another winter upon Gallia, some means could not be
125 II, X | when the internal fires of Gallia would lose their activity,
126 II, X | cease to flow? Why should Gallia be exempt from the destiny
127 II, X | On the l5th of December, Gallia was 276,000,000 leagues
128 II, X | 000 miles had separated Gallia from Jupiter; the minimum
129 II, X | of 420,000,000 miles from Gallia, and consequently 874,440,
130 II, X | all of them in motion, and Gallia might have followed them
131 II, X | their un-tracked way.~But Gallia had a narrow destiny. She
132 II, X | powerful reflectors. No; Gallia was neither to pass beyond
133 II, XI | reason to doubt that, when Gallia returned to the earth, the
134 II, XI | properly “New Year’s Day” in Gallia, but Captain Servadac, nevertheless,
135 II, XI | smiling, “I expect that Gallia, although invisible just
136 II, XI | said the lieutenant; “our Gallia is certain to be far more
137 II, XI | that they commanded assent. Gallia could scarcely be otherwise
138 II, XI | spite of the resources of Gallia being so limited, to make
139 II, XI | before had been seen in Gallia. Ben Zoof and the Russian
140 II, XI | to which the residents on Gallia were by this time well accustomed.
141 II, XII | the mineral substances in Gallia’s interior, might account
142 II, XII | shock which had invested Gallia with a proportion of the
143 II, XII | find coal in the bowels of Gallia,—coal, which is the residuum
144 II, XII | 000 leagues from the sun.~Gallia had reached its aphelion.~
145 II, XIII | velocity ever increasing, Gallia would re-approach the sun.~
146 II, XIII | estimate of the duration of Gallia’s period of revolution.
147 II, XIII | made my reckoning as far as Gallia is concerned. I am now making
148 II, XIII | half-dormant population of Gallia were of her influence, they
149 II, XIII | towards the sun. He found that Gallia had re-crossed the orbit
150 II, XIII | months of July and August, Gallia advanced 164,000,000 leagues
151 II, XIV | completely,” said the professor.~“Gallia out of place?” repeated
152 II, XIV | with alarm.~“I did not say Gallia,” replied Rosette, stamping
153 II, XIV | answered Servadac. “But what of Gallia?” he inquired, still nervously.~“
154 II, XIV | inquired, still nervously.~“Gallia, of course, is on her way
155 II, XV | derangement in the atmosphere of Gallia, which would result in wind,
156 II, XV | nature. The nearer that Gallia approached the earth, the
157 II, XV | the governor general of Gallia.”~“Indeed!” said the major,
158 II, XV | the whole population of Gallia to unite in taking precautionary
159 II, XVI | is sufficiently oblique, Gallia may do precisely what she
160 II, XVI | all intents and purposes Gallia would be), 450 miles above
161 II, XVI | How could you get off Gallia?”~“That I can’t say,” replied
162 II, XVI | head; we must try and leave Gallia before the shock.”~“Leave
163 II, XVI | before the shock.”~“Leave Gallia! How?” said Count Timascheff.~
164 II, XVI | sufficient time beforehand into Gallia’s atmosphere, I believe
165 II, XVI | satellite was a part of Gallia itself!~By the expansive
166 II, XVI | action of the inner heat, Gallia, like Gambart’s comet, had
167 II, XVII | would ensue in the rate of Gallia’s velocity; but Rosette,
168 II, XVII | the Governor-General of Gallia.”~“Governor-General! humbug!”
169 II, XVII | humbug!” roared Rosette. “Gallia is my comet!”~“I deny it,”
170 II, XVII | deny it,” said Servadac. “Gallia has lost its chance of getting
171 II, XVII | getting back to the earth. Gallia has nothing to do with you.
172 II, XVII | nothing to do with you. Gallia is mine; and you must submit
173 II, XVII | And who told you that Gallia is not going back to the
174 II, XVII | of justice!”~“Where? On Gallia?” asked the captain.~“No;
175 II, XVII | eagerness to be quit of Gallia. Indifferent to the dangers
176 II, XVII | they were to remain upon Gallia, were nevertheless looking
177 II, XVII | complaint; and just now, when Gallia was entering the narrow
178 II, XVII | ascending was to be apprehended.~Gallia was now within 96,000,000
179 II, XVIII| Twenty-seven minutes past two, and Gallia is only 72,000 miles from
180 II, XVIII| slightly in the rear of Gallia, a circumstance that augured
181 II, XVIII| justify any anticipation that Gallia would merely graze the earth,
182 II, XIX | appearance of such a comet as Gallia at all, and of its being
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