‘Dr. Ox’s Experiment’ 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…
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9786050420012 ● File size 0.1 MB ● Publisher Jules Verne ● Published 2016 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 5109471 ● Copy protection Social DRM
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