Commentaire pour servir Ă la construction pratique de la machine Ă explorer le temps
English release: How to Construct a Time Machine Literal: Commentary for use in the practical construction of a time machine
by Alfred Jarry
Inspired by Wells, Jarry’s fictional Dr. Faustroll tells exactly what’s needed to
build your very own time machine.
— Michael Main
Space and Time are commensurable. To explore the universe by seeking knowledge of points
in Space can be accomplished only through Time; and in order to measure Time
quantitatively, we refer to Space intervals on the dial of a chronometer. Space and Time,
being of the same nature, may be conceived of as different physical states of the same
substance, or as differ ent modes of motion.
[ex=bare]“Commentaire pour servir à la construction pratique de la machine
à explorer le temps” | Commentary for use in the practical construction of a time
machine[/ex] by Alfred Jarry, in Mercure de France,
February 1899.