Round the Moon · Character
J. Belfast
Astronomer at the Cambridge Observatory, provides calculations for the voyage.
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Also known as the Honourable J. Belfast, Belfast
First appearance: iv a little algebra
J. Belfast's tie to J. T. Maston is one of the pressures that moves Round the Moon—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Director of the Cambridge Observatory; accompanied Maston at Long's Peak.
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Belfast serves as Maston's assistant or colleague in the gun club's technical operations. How this plays out →
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