# Cavorite — The First Men in the Moon character guide

> Cavorite in The First Men in the Moon by H. G. Wells.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Cavorite

**First appearance:** 0003-ii-the-first-making-of-cavorite

## Who they are

The anti-gravity substance invented by Cavor that enables space travel.

## In the story

### [Mr. Bedford Meets Mr. Cavor at Lympne](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_first_men_in_the_moon_se/chapters/i-mr-bedford-meets-mr-cavor-at-lympne)

The hypothetical substance opaque to gravitation that Cavor seeks to create; central to the chapter's scientific discussion.

### [Inside the Sphere](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_first_men_in_the_moon_se/chapters/iv-inside-the-sphere)

The substance enabling the sphere's flight; its effects are felt as weightlessness.

### [The Journey to the Moon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_first_men_in_the_moon_se/chapters/v-the-journey-to-the-moon)

The substance enabling the sphere's flight; its blinds control gravitational effects.

### [XI: The Mooncalf Pastures](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_first_men_in_the_moon_se/chapters/xi-the-mooncalf-pastures)

The abandoned sphere is sought after by the explorers but remains lost throughout the chapter.

### [The Fight in the Cave of the Moon Butchers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_first_men_in_the_moon_se/chapters/xvii-the-fight-in-the-cave-of-the-moon-butchers)

Referenced indirectly through the leaden hue of tools and fetters, which appear different under white light.

### [Mr. Bedford Alone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_first_men_in_the_moon_se/chapters/xix-mr-bedford-alone)

The sphere, made with Cavorite, is found by Bedford but he hesitates to leave it.

### [Mr. Bedford at Littlestone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_first_men_in_the_moon_se/chapters/xxi-mr-bedford-at-littlestone)

Bedford laments the loss of Cavorite, wishing he could rediscover it.

### [An Abstract of the Six Messages First Received from Mr. Cavor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_first_men_in_the_moon_se/chapters/xxiii-an-abstract-of-the-six-messages-first-received-from-mr-cavor)

Referenced indirectly as the substance enabling the sphere's construction and the moon journey.

## Links

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