Une Fantaisie Du Docteur Ox


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L'histoire se passe dans les Flandres occidentales (la Belgique actuelle), dans une paisible hameau (imaginaire) Quiquendone. Depuis plusieurs siècles, les gens sont « sociables, d'humeur égale, hospitaliers, peut-être un peu lourds par le langage et l'esprit ». Le bourgmestre de la ville (van Tricasse) indique que « l'homme qui meurt sans s'être jamais décidé à rien pendant sa vie est bien près d'avoir atteint la perfection ». Dans ce village paisible, un savant fou, le docteur Ox, et son fidèle assistant Ygène (dont les deux noms accolés donnent le mot oxygène) proposent un éclairage gratuit au gaz oxy-hydrique. Ce gaz a la particularité de rendre les gens temporairement agressifs...




Fantasy of Dr Ox


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In the somnolent Flemish town of Quiquendone disagreements are unheard of, courtships might last a decade and not a ripple of activity can be seen at all. But when the mysterious Dr Ox is tasked with providing lighting for the town, strange things begin to happen: animals become aggressive, fruits grow huge in size, plants climb more vigorously and tempers flare up, leading the once phlegmatic townsfolk to bitter confrontations and pushing them to the brink of all-out violence.Verne, the acclaimed author of immortal tales of adventure and early science fiction, can be seen here in a different light, regaling readers of all ages with a light-hearted satire that, in its warnings about the dangers of scientific experimentation, has a clear and troubling resonance with our times.




Doctor Ox's Experiment


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Doctor Ox's Experiment


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"Dr. Ox's Experiment" (French: Une fantaisie du docteur Ox, "A Fantasy of Doctor Ox") is a short story by the French writer and pioneer of science-fiction, Jules Verne, published in 1872. It describes an experiment by one Dr. Ox and his assistant Gedeon Ygene. A prosperous scientist Dr. Ox offers to build a novel gas lighting system to an unusually stuffy Flemish town of Quiquendone. As the town bore no charges, the offer is gladly accepted. The hidden interest of Dr. Ox is however not lighting, but large scale experiment on effect of oxygen on plants, animals and humans. He uses electrolysis to separate water into hydrogen and oxygen. The latter is being pumped to the city causing accelerated growth of plants, excitement and aggressiveness in animals and humans. The story ends up by destruction of the oxygen factory of Dr. Ox - by accident, oxygen and hydrogen got mixed causing a major explosion. Jules Verne acknowledges in the epilogue that the described effect of oxygen is a pure fiction invented by him.




Dr. Ox's Experiment, and Other Stories


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Dr. Ox's Experiment, and Other Stories


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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.




Eine Idee des Doctor Ox


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Diese Hardcover-Ausgabe ist Teil der TREDITION CLASSICS. Der Verlag tredition aus Hamburg veroffentlicht in der Buchreihe TREDITION CLASSICS Werke aus mehr als zwei Jahrtausenden. Diese waren zu einem Grossteil vergriffen oder nur noch antiquarisch erhaltlich. Mit TREDITION CLASSICS verfolgt tredition das Ziel, tausende Klassiker der Weltliteratur verschiedener Sprachen wieder als gedruckte Bucher zu verlegen - und das weltweit! Die Buchreihe dient zur Bewahrung der Literatur und Forderung der Kultur. Sie tragt so dazu bei, dass viele tausend Werke nicht in Vergessenheit geraten




Dr. Ox's Experiment


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Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.







Une fantaisie du docteur Ox. D'après l'œuvre de Jules Verne


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D'après l'œuvre de Jules Verne Il ne se passe jamais rien à Quiquendonne, petit village des Flandres, jusqu’à l’arrivée du docteur Ox. L’étrange savant propose d’installer un éclairage révolutionnaire. Mais ce n’est qu’un prétexte pour tester un gaz qui a le pouvoir de transformer le caractère et le tempérament des gens. La folie s’empare peu à peu des esprits... Titre recommandé par le ministère de l'Éducation nationale en classe de 5e.