Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 451
uzzle of thegun. It goes out in a hurry, as a matter ofcourse, when fifty pounds of powder are explodedclose behind it. So, in the time in which a boywould leisurely step two feet,— say one second,— 9i8 THE MAKING OF A GREAT STEEL GUN. [Oct. the steel shell sent from this cannon goes two thou-sand… … \^«! S1IAL1NG THE GUN IN THE ANNEALING with powder. When that shell hits anything, itstrikes point first, for the shell travels straightthrough the air like an arrow from a bow. Thepoint contains a kind of powder that explodes whenstruck. When, therefore, that shell hits a wallof stone, iron,…
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