Midnight
What were the speculations of the Scientific World upon the subject ? etc. , etc. . In listless questions and desultory conversation of this kind the day slowly wore away , without the occurrence of any incident whatever to relieve its weary monotony . Midnight arrived , December the seventh was dead . As Ardan said : '' _ Le Sept Decembre est mort ; vive le Huit ! _ '' In one hour more , the neutral point would be reached . At what velocity was the Projectile now moving ?