Commentaire pour servir à la construction pratique de la machine à explorer le temps

Literal: Commentary for use in the practical construction of a time machine English release: How to Construct a Time Machine

by Alfred Jarry

Release: February 1899
Format: Short Story
Genre: Science Fiction
Audience: Adults
Content: Definite Time Travel
Original Language: French

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.

DEBUT

[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], in Mercure de France, February 1899.

VARIANTS

1 French variant

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Groupings

The Traps of Time (anthology)

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY: We haven’t yet mapped out the time travel itinerary.