‘…At the further end of the saloon the president, assisted by four secretaries, occupied a large platform. His chair, supported by a carved guncarriage, was modeled upon the ponderous proportions of a 32inch mortar. It was pointed at an angle of ninety degrees, and suspended upon truncheons, so that the president could balance himself upon it as upon a rockingchair, a very agreeable fact in the very hot weather. Upon the table (a huge iron plate supported upon six carronades) stood an inkstand of exquisite elegance, made of a beautifully chased Spanish piece, and a sonnette, which, when required, could give forth a report equal to that of a revolver. During violent debates this novel kind of bell scarcely sufficed to drown the clamor of these excitable artillerists…
Ürün Adı: From The Earth To The Moon Ürün Kodu: 9786051809502 Yazar: Jules Verne Basım Yılı: 2017 Kapak Türü: Karton Kapak Sayfa Sayısı: 334 Kağıt Cinsi: 2. Hamur Çevirmen:
