Project Gutenberg 2009-08-16 Public domain in the USA. 150 Witt, Otto 1875 1923 Jordens Inre Produced by ronnie sahlberg, Project Runeberg for providing the scans and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Jordens Inre" by Otto Witt is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around an ambitious plan proposed by Charles Montgomery to exploit the Earth's internal heat, presenting a grand vision of a utopian city built around a massive shaft. The narrative is set against the backdrop of a scientific gathering in St. Petersburg, featuring various characters, including ingeniously confident speakers and skeptical engineers, showcasing the clash between visionary ideas and practical realities. At the start of the novel, excitement fills a grand hall where Montgomery presents his audacious proposal to harness the Earth's heat, suggesting the construction of a deep shaft to access a potentially limitless energy source. Though many are captivated by his vision, a skeptical engineer raises doubts about the feasibility of Montgomery's plans, claiming they echo ideas previously posited by the astronomer Camille Flammarion. This skepticism culminates in an uproar, revealing tensions between the idealistic goals of the visionary and the practical concerns of the scientific community. The opening sets the stage for exploring themes of ambition, deception, and the human desire to conquer nature through technology. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 72.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. sv Science fiction PT Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 167800 2025-10-12T08:53:32.911716 text/html 160941 2021-01-05T10:45:13 text/html 179040 2025-10-12T08:53:36.226685 application/epub+zip 180728 2025-10-12T08:53:33.433718 application/epub+zip 108748 2025-10-12T08:53:33.154721 application/epub+zip 257631 2025-10-12T08:53:38.626712 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 242100 2025-10-12T08:53:35.958709 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 170929 2022-09-13T16:44:16.310467 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 133921 2025-10-12T08:53:32.424718 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 128648 2021-01-05T10:45:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18240 2025-10-12T08:53:38.756685 application/rdf+xml 31720 2025-10-12T08:53:33.227691 image/jpeg 4651 2025-10-12T08:53:33.190742 image/jpeg 51513 2021-01-05T10:45:13 application/octet-stream application/zip 161446 2021-01-05T10:45:13 application/octet-stream application/zip 166056 2025-10-12T08:53:32.937730 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog sv.wikipedia