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Re: confusing editions of centre of the earth

From: Garmt de Vries-Uiterweerd <garmtdevries~at~gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:15:08 +0200
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

If the original is a number that is clearly rounded to the nearest
100,000, it is ridiculous to convert it to a number that implies an
accuracy of one degree. But then again, Verne himself sometimes made
the same mistake.

Cheers,
Garmt.

On 17 June 2010 02:48, <1001~at~atlanticbb.net> wrote:
> Your English quote is from the Malleson translation which follows the 200000
> scheme. Malleson has converted 20000 C into 360032 deg F.  The French
> version on PG uses the 2million deg text.
>
> So that is not the answer. The problem is in the French texts .
>
> nwolcott2~at~post.harvard.edu
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Harry Hayfield
> To: Jules Verne Forum
> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 2:13 PM
> Subject: Re: confusing editions of centre of the earth
> Yes, I encountered this problem when writing Axel's blog a few years ago.
> Let me find how I squared that circle.
>
> There is this reference to temperature was on June 7th 1863
>
> "It is perfectly well known that the internal temperature rises one degree
> for every 70 feet in depth" I said, "now, admitting this proportion to be
> constant, and the radius of the earth being fifteen hundred leagues, there
> must be a temperature of 360,032 degrees at the centre of the earth.
> Therefore, all the substances that compose the body of this earth must exist
> there in a state of incandescent gas; for the metals that most resist the
> action of heat, gold, and platinum, and the hardest rocks, can never be
> either
> solid or liquid under such a temperature"
>
> And I was using the Project Gutenberg version. Could it simply be then that
> people are using different temperature scales (°C in one and °F in other)?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il [mailto:owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il]On Behalf Of
> 1001~at~atlanticbb.net
> Sent: 16 June 2010 6:10 pm
> To: Jules Verne Forum
> Subject: confusing editions of centre of the earth
>
> The 1864 edition apparently has chapter 6 with axel estiimating the
> temperature at the center ofthe earth at 2 million degrees. Later editions
> seem to have changed this (and other items) to 200000 degrees. The Routledge
> and Ward Lock (malleson} 1875 seem to have the 200000 degree edition.
> Stephen White apparently is usingthe original 2 milliion degree edition.
> Later editions including Livre de Poche also follow the 200000 version.
> After 1919 apparently in their new editions Hachette seems to revert to the
> 1864 edition, and according to Cristian even to the original manuscript in
> places. I have a 1923 "Jeunesse" edition, slightly cut down, but still
> following the 2million degree version. Also the Baldick 1950 translation
> also follows the 2million version. I don't know whether he used a Hachette
> post 1919 version or the original. The situaion is even more confusing as
> Gondolo della Riva says that some early editions had only 43 chapters. All
> the books I have seen have 45 chapters. Can anyone make sense out of this??
>
>
> nwolcott2~at~post.harvard.edu
Received on Thu 17 Jun 2010 - 14:15:20 IDT

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