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From the pages of Strand Magazine that featured the first Sherlock Holmes story, here is a Science Fiction illustration of a "Moonship" -- a craft for voyaging to the moon. Very reminiscent of Jules Verne, this space ship has paddle-wheel sails reminiscent of a Mississippi River steamboat !! (Evidently they did not comprehend that there is no atmosphere in Space). A vintage engraving of a fascinating space craft.