" Jules Verne's 1876 book Michael Strogoff, the protagonist is saved from being blinded with a hot blade by evaporating tears."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leidenfrost_effect
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"Vera Bloodgood Scribner,
a horsewoman and the wife of the late publisher Charles Scribner, died of heart failure at Overlook Hospital in Summit, N.J. She and lived in Far Hills, N.J.
The Scribners married in 1916, and he was the president and chairman of the board of his family's publishing house,
Charles Scribner's Sons, from 1932 until his death in 1952.
Mrs. Scribner was hostess to numerous Scribner authors, including Thomas Wolfe"
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118796606/vera-gordon-scribner
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Around the World in Eighty Days was written during difficult times, both for France and Verne. It was during the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871) in which Verne was conscripted as a coastguard;
he was having financial difficulties (his previous works were not paid royalties);
his father had died recently;
and he had witnessed a public execution, which had disturbed him."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Around_the_World_in_Eighty_Days
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188028141/hildreth-kennedy-bloodgood
'He was a director and judge of the National Horseshow for many years, and was known for his work in judging the hackney and harness classes.
He was and enthusiastic polo player in his younger days, and was also known as being an ardent yachtsman and the winner of several cups.
He was a member of the Knickerbocker, Racquet and Tennis, Westminster Kennel, Metropolitan, Union, and City Midday Clubs.
US National Champion in Men's Sabre competition 1888.
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