A Trip to the Moon
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Edison summary: Here is an observatory, with telescope, star-charts and all accessories. The old Astronomer is at work over his calculations. Through the aperture in the dome the full moon is visible. First there appears a beautiful vision of a lovely lady, who disappears again all too soon. Then follow in rapid succession such events as flash through the brain of a man with a temperature of 104 degrees; or after eating a welsh rabbit at one in the morning. The moon comes down from the sky, right into the observatory. He has eyes that move and a mouth that opens and shuts. All sort of strange things come out of the Moon's mouth, and the old Astronomer is so frightened that he throws chairs and books and instruments into the dreadful slit. Suddenly the Moon disappears into the middle distance and takes the shape of a crescent. Perched upon one of the horns of the Moon is a lady in scant attire. Then the old Astronomer awakes--alas! it is all a dream.
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Shown at Ninth & Arch Museum, Philadelphia, April 10, 1899.
