Cyrano De Bergerac,in the Play by Edmond Rostand,claims to Have

question 64

Multiple Choice

Cyrano de Bergerac,in the play by Edmond Rostand,claims to have invented six methods of reaching the moon.Five of these are listed below.Select the one that has a physically sound basis.

• A)"Adorn my form with crystal vials filled with morning dew,and so be drawn aloft as the sun rises."
• B)"Sealing up the air in a cedar chest,rarefy it by means of mirrors placed in an icosahedron."
• C)"Construct the form of a huge locust,driven upward by leaps and bounds by impulses due to pellets of saltpeter ejected from the rear."
• D)"Smoke,having a natural tendency to rise,blow in a globe enough to raise me."
• E)"Seated on an iron plate,I hurl a magnet in the air-the iron follows-I catch the magnet-throw again-and so proceed indefinitely."

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