Nine Chains to the Moon

Nine Chains to the Moon

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1Nine Chains to the Moon

2 An Adventure Story of Thought

3R. Buckminster Fuller

4 DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC., MINEOLA, NEW YORK

5 ISBN: 9780486843339

6 ISBN-10: 0486843335

7 Updated: 2026-11-07 08:18

8Bibliographical Note

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10This Dover edition, first published in 2020, is an unabridged republication of the work originally published by J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, in 1938.

11Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

12Names: Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983, author.

13Title: Nine chains to the moon / Buckminster Fuller.

14Description: Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 2020. | Summary:

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16‘‘Hailed by Newsweek as ‘a guide book and a dream book of the future,’ this volume offers innovative solutions for improving the quality of life through progressive design’’---Provided by publisher.

17Identifiers: LCCN 2019054597 | ISBN 9780486843339 (paperback)

18Subjects: LCSH: Civilization. | Technological innovations. | Forecasting.

19Classification: LCC CB151 .F8 2020 | DDC 909---dc23

20LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019054597

21Manufactured in the United States by LSC Communications

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23www.doverpublications.com

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26To Alexandra and Allegra

27‘‘Your Strange Divinity Still Kept’’

28(From ‘‘To a Child’’ by Christopher Morley, 1922)