After all it's only another example of Kelvin's theory of vortices.

Nebulae, and asteroids, and planet-rings, and smoke-rings are really all made on the same principle." "My dear Lenox, if you're going to get as philosophical and as commonplace as that, I'm going to bed.

Now that I come to think of it, I've been up about fifteen Earth-hours, so it's about time I went and had a sleep.

It's your turn to make the coffee in the morning--our morning, I mean--and you'll wake me in time to see the South Pole of Saturn, won't you?
You're not coming yet, I suppose ?" "Not just yet, dear.

I want to see a bit more of this, and then I must go through the engines and see that they're all right and ready for that thousand million mile homeward voyage you're talking about.