Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 448
f the small end ofthe cannon, will come out precisely at the centerof the large end, seventeen feet away. Those ofyou who have tried to bore a straight hole length-wise through even a short bit of wood will knowthat this work requires not a little skill and care. When any of you boys have a job of… … trimmings, or shavings, do not fly about the shopas they do in a wood-turning establishment. No,the cannon revolves with a certain leisurely dig-nity—-about as slowly as the cylinder of a largemusical-box — as if it had weeks for its completion.The chisel turns off spiral curls of steel paringsas…
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