I was talking to a friend who is a physicist. Somehow the discussion went to space travel, which reminded me of a science fiction book I read in high school or college many, many years ago. In the book, a group decides to build a cannon to shoot several people and a couple of dogs to the moon. In the initial blast, one of the dogs dies. They decide to eject it from the capsule. The dog naturally travels along side the capsule. But inside the capsule, the people feel the pull of gravity and do not float about. I remember an image of a bullet-shaped capsule with a little window and a dead dog traveling alongside.
After a little checking, I decided that the book must have been
From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne, written in 1865. I found the book on Amazon and bought it. But the copy I got has no pictures and most of the book, 198 or 213 pages, is about the design and building of the cannon and the projectile and the politics. The last 3 chapters are about the actual trip, but, since there was no radio back then, there are no details.
I was able to find the picture that I remembered here:
https://tinyurl.com/yd692f7j.
Do I have the right book?
Did I get an abridged copy with no illustrations?
Any help is appreciated.
PS: When I previewed this post, I got a directive in
Bold Red to put the author and book title in the tags. But when I do, I get a warning that tags cannot be longer than 25 characters. The title of this book is 26. (sigh)