"More than that," replied Barbicane; "we should have been burned to death."
"Burned?" exclaimed Michel, "by Jove! I am sorry it did not happen, 'just to see.'"
"And you would have seen," replied Barbicane. "It is known now that heat is only a modification of motion.When water is warmed—that is to say, when heat is added to it—its particles are set in motion."
"Well," said michel, "that is an ingenious theory!"
