"Jules Verne - In the Year 2889" - читать интересную книгу автора (Verne Jules)

needs
improvement," remarks Mr. Smith to Dr. Wilkins, as the scientific committee
on
hibernation carries the casket out. "So much for that experiment. But if poor
Faithburn is dead, at least he is sleeping," he continued. "I wish I could
get
some sleep. I am tired out, Doctor, quite tired out! Don't you think a bath
would refresh me?"
"Certainly. But you must wrap yourself up well before you go out into the
hallway. You must not expose yourself to cold."
"Hallway? Why, Doctor, as you well know, everything is done by machinery
here.
It is not for me to go to the bath; the bath will come to me. Just look!" He
presses a button. After a few seconds a faint rumbling is heard, growing
louder
and louder. Suddenly the door opens, and the tub appears.
Such, in the year 2889, is the history of one day in the life of the editor
of
the Earth Chronicle. And the history of that one day is the history of 365
days
every year, except leap years, and then of 366 days--for as yet no means has
been found of increasing the length of the terrestrial year.