Classics of a fantasy. A. Belyaev

Classics of a fantasy - A. Belyaev


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the bishop inserted.

      – Yes, Christian, – the philosopher agreed. – It is very convenient for us.

      And, you know, I would leave these terrestrial stories, geography on Earth. We

      would create a modern history – about the highest beings, nisshedshy from “sky” on

      earth. We would have an authority of divinity. We will be wisely and graciously

      to operate our slaves. They will graze our herds, to cultivate ours

      vineyards and on Sundays together with us to praise us and

      to supreme. Peaceful life on a nature bosom. Any working questions,

      strikes, revolutions! Golden Age! Paradise on the earth!

      – And – any banks, commercial affairs? Etto., boringly! – told

      Marshal.

      – Without commerce life does not make sense. But we will bring this

      the amendment, the baron, – Stormer told, addressing Marshal, – and I hope that

      dear professor Shnirer will agree to this compromise. Private

      property, I hope, you do not deny, mister Shnirer? And if is

      private property…

      Between bankers and the philosopher the dispute erupted. Nobody noticed how

      Zander rose and left gallery of ancestors. Destiny of the future social

      the device on the new earth had no relation to rocket flight. Besides

      all these logomachies, in his opinion, were alien anything practical

      sense.

      Chapter 7

      HANS STUDIES LUNA-PARK

      Hans left Vinkler’s house and went to a huge horseshoe. It

      it was visible from everywhere.

      Finger walked on the ice-covered road and thought:

      “The horseshoe is similar to a tuning fork. Yes, it is not lower than the Eiffel Tower, can

      to be above. The fork scratching clouds…”

      The dense cloud closed a horseshoe half.

      “Three hundred meters… The horseshoe costs on the mountain which has not less

      five-six thousand meters of height above sea level. Quite good tower. But for

      what is it built? Vinkler did not explain. I will try to guess…

      Maupassant once complained that the Eiffel Tower pressed his brain of the

      platitude. At that time it was, of course, a worthless construction. It

      built as “nail” of the World Parisian Fair. And still, if

      Maupassant was an engineer, he would like respect and respect to D’Eiffel

      to tower. For those times it was miracle of construction art. On

      To the Eiffel Tower astronomical and meteorological laboratories,

      physical office and powerful radio station. Possibly, and the horseshoe is created

      for the similar scientific purposes.

      Clouds slowly floated on the West. The top of a horseshoe was accurately drawn

      on the clear blue sky. Having thrown the head up, Hans sharp-sightedly peered in

      horseshoe, but suddenly stumbled and fell. Someone’s laughter, guttural, melodious

      dialect. Hans was faced by Indians in the blankets full of holes thrown on

      half-naked body. Hans smiled. Indians smiled in reply, having bared

      white teeth. Indians showed a hand on top of a horseshoe and on ice under

      legs. Yes, yes. Hans stood gaping. With consciousness of the fault nodded and

      rose. Indians passed and several words, possibly shouted following

      warning about something. Four Blacks carried by a huge log on shoulders.

      “Mechanization!” – Hans grumbled. It stepped aside and, having leaned to

      to wall of the timbered lodge smelling of a fresh pine directed again

      eyes on horseshoe top. The ends of forks were connected thin as thread,

      platform. Over it there passed antenna wires.

      “Well certainly, it is meteorological observatory and radio station.

      For flight it is necessary to study atmospheric conditions of Stormer-city…”

      Suddenly Hans saw the black point falling down. It moved with most

      tops, along a strip, without separating from it.

      “Here it that! It appears, a horseshoe not only radio – and a meteorological station,

      but also laboratory for test of the falling bodies”.

      The black point reached to the bottom, got on a curve, flew on

      to it, from dispersal flew up on the second strip of a horseshoe, rose up,

      departed down, again up and so continued to shake as a pendulum “with

      damped oscillations”. When at last the point stopped in the middle

      curves, Hans saw that it is a trolley. Perhaps, there, inside

      there are people. It is good to rock on such swing! Yes it and

      it is necessary. Weeds on the rocket – too take-off and falling. Take-off from Earth in

      “sky”, falling from “sky” on the planet… “Yes, we have to study influence

      zero gravity on an organism…” Hans already almost ran to a horseshoe. But it all

      still was far. He saw how the cabin left the person and almost run

      went to office which was occupied by Collins.

      Having been out of breath, Hans ran up to the massive concrete basis of a horseshoe.

      The trolley already crept up as an elevator cabin. Hans Wsbezhal on a planked footway on

      concrete platform also examined a horseshoe curve. Couple of rails. Radius

      curves – fifteen meters. If height is three hundred meters, then take-off and

      falling have to proceed the whole fifteen seconds. Not bad. But, devil

      take! With a height of three hundred meters curve radius fifteen are

      the overload because of centrifugal force on a curve in forty turns out

      time. Will flatten out, perhaps…

      Under the platform rang out, roared, and Hans saw how one strip

      huge horseshoe drives off from another. Radius of a curve increased to

      sixty meters. “That is another matter. Now the overload will be all in

      ten times. Approximately the same that is tested by us when sliding sledge with

      abrupt hill”.

      Again rumble and noise of motors of a construction. Radius was reduced to twenty

      meters. “If only to me not to be late to roll down with this flight…” Hans

      hurried to enter the building over which elevator cables lasted. Showed

      to the metis in a cervine jacket the blue ticket. The metis nodded and silently waved

      hand


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