Ukusuka kuMhlaba kuye kwiNyanga kwabhalwa phantse iminyaka eli-100 ngaphambi kokuba umntu ekugqibeleni anyathele enyangeni, umxube wencwadi yokuqala yesayensi kunye nencwadi yeethali enezinto ezinengcinga ngokuqinisekileyo ecaleni kwengqondo yesayensi kaJules Verne.
Kwilizwe laseMelika elinokuthi ngendlela eyoyikisayo lifane nelakulo imeko yangoku, abaphethe ngemipu bazifumanise ekupheleni kwemfazwe yamakhaya kungekho nto banokuyidubula. I-Baltimore Gun Club kunye nomongameli wayo, u-Impey Barbicane, bathatha isigqibo sokuba indlela eyahlukileyo ye-ballistics kufuneka ithathwe kwaye bathembise ukuthumela imishini enyangeni.
