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"

Cast

iron

is

very

brittle

,

though

,

"

replied

Morgan

.

"

Yes

,

but

it

possesses

great

resistance

.

I

will

now

ask

our

worthy

secretary

to

calculate

the

weight

of

a

cast-iron

gun

with

a

bore

of

nine

feet

and

a

thickness

of

six

feet

of

metal

.

"

"

In

a

moment

,

"

replied

Maston

.

Then

,

dashing

off

some

algebraical

formulae

with

marvelous

facility

,

in

a

minute

or

two

he

declared

the

following

result

:

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"

The

cannon

will

weigh

68,040

tons

.

And

,

at

two

cents

a

pound

,

it

will

cost

--

--

"

"

Two

million

five

hundred

and

ten

thousand

seven

hundred

and

one

dollars

.

"

Maston

,

the

major

,

and

the

general

regarded

Barbicane

with

uneasy

looks

.

"

Well

,

gentlemen

,

"

replied

the

president

,

"

I

repeat

what

I

said

yesterday

.

Make

yourselves

easy

;

the

millions

will

not

be

wanting

.

"

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With

this

assurance

of

their

president

the

committee

separated

,

after

having

fixed

their

third

meeting

for

the

following

evening

.

There

remained

for

consideration

merely

the

question

of

powders

.

The

public

awaited

with

interest

its

final

decision

.

The

size

of

the

projectile

,

the

length

of

the

cannon

being

settled

,

what

would

be

the

quantity

of

powder

necessary

to

produce

impulsion

?

It

is

generally

asserted

that

gunpowder

was

invented

in

the

fourteenth

century

by

the

monk

Schwartz

,

who

paid

for

his

grand

discovery

with

his

life

.

It

is

,

however

,

pretty

well

proved

that

this

story

ought

to

be

ranked

among

the

legends

of

the

middle

ages

.

Gunpowder

was

not

invented

by

any

one

;

it

was

the

lineal

successor

of

the

Greek

fire

,

which

,

like

itself

,

was

composed

of

sulfur

and

saltpeter

.

Few

persons

are

acquainted

with

the

mechanical

power

of

gunpowder

.

Now

this

is

precisely

what

is

necessary

to

be

understood

in

order

to

comprehend

the

importance

of

the

question

submitted

to

the

committee

.

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