Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 632
at mine. From the way theplate was stretched, they knew that a peculiarlyslow explosive must have been used, which puz-zled them until they learned of a powder that thenatives used to manufacture. Experiments with this powder proved it to have just the qualitiesthat would account for the condition… … 1 I MADE OUT LIFE-BOAT AND STRUCK OUT FOR IT. (SEE PAGE 422.) oyster shells. They had to chop away the wreck-age with the oxy-acetylene torch; but I supposeyou dont know what that is. Indeed we do! I assured him. We sawone at work this summer. It s a flame of oxy-gen and acetylene that is so hot…
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