Transcript of De la tierra a la luna
Capítulo 1 de De la Tierra a la Luna. Esta es una grabación de LibriVox. Todas las grabaciones de LibriVox son de dominio público. Para más información o para ser voluntario, por favor visite LibriVox .org. De la Tierra a la Luna de Julio Berne. Traducido por F .N. Madrid 1868. De la Tierra a la Luna, capítulo 1. El Gang Club. In Baltimore, Maryland, a city, a new big club formed during the Civil War in the United States. A new big club. The Americans managed to outwit the Europeans in the science of ballistics, and not because of the rare perfection of their weapons, but because of the extraordinary dimensions and consequently because of the reach they achieved with them, unknown until then. In terms of direct shots, parabolic, in terms of direct shots, parabolic, in terms of rebound, etc., in terms of rebound, etc., few have to learn French, English and Prussian. But their cannons, augusts and mortars are handguns compared to the formidable machines of Anglo -American artillery. And nobody should admire this. The Yankees are the first mechanics of the world. They are engineers, like the Italian musicians, like the German metaphysicists, that is, of birth. It was natural for them to apply ballistics or ingenious audacity to science. From here, those gigantic cannons, less useful than the sewing machines, but so admirable and much more admired than these. Known in this genre are the wonders of Parrot, of Dal Green, of Rodman. The Armstrong, the Palisier and the Stroy de Bollier had to bow to their rivals of ultramarine. During the terrible fight between the Federals and Confederates, the artillerymen obtained all the preferences. The Unions newspapers celebrated their inventions with enthusiasm, and there was no trade dependent, no matter how peaceful it was, that the helmets were not heated day and night, calculating impossible trajectories. Now, when an Anglo -American has an idea, he looks for another Anglo -American who realizes it. When there are three, they choose a president and two secretaries. The fourth is named archivero, five are called up in the General Assembly and the club is formed. This is what happened in Baltimore. The first one who invented a new cannon was associated with the first one who melted it and the first one who plundered it. This was the base of the Gun Club, literally the cannon club. In the month of its creation, it had 1 ,833 members and 30 ,575 members. It was imposed to anyone who wanted to be part of it a condition without a cannon, the one of having invented or at least perfected a cannon, and without a cannon, any other gun. But to tell the truth, the inventors of 15 -round revolvers, revolving carbines or saber -guns did not enjoy great considerations in this club. The archers had the preference all the time. The estimation that they get, one of the most eloquent orators of the Gun Club said one day,