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"
Finally
,
it
imparts
to
projectiles
a
velocity
four
times
superior
to
that
of
gunpowder
.
I
will
even
add
,
that
if
we
mix
it
with
one-eighth
of
its
own
weight
of
nitrate
of
potassium
,
its
expansive
force
is
again
considerably
augmented
.
"
"
Will
that
be
necessary
?
"
asked
the
major
.
"
I
think
not
,
"
replied
Barbicane
.
"
So
,
then
,
in
place
of
1,600,000
pounds
of
powder
,
we
shall
have
but
400,000
pounds
of
fulminating
cotton
;
and
since
we
can
,
without
danger
,
compress
500
pounds
of
cotton
into
twenty-seven
cubic
feet
,
the
whole
quantity
will
not
occupy
a
height
of
more
than
180
feet
within
the
bore
of
the
Columbiad
.
In
this
way
the
shot
will
have
more
than
700
feet
of
bore
to
traverse
under
a
force
of
6,000,000,000
litres
of
gas
before
taking
its
flight
toward
the
moon
.
"
At
this
juncture
J.
T.
Maston
could
not
repress
his
emotion
;
he
flung
himself
into
the
arms
of
his
friend
with
the
violence
of
a
projectile
,
and
Barbicane
would
have
been
stove
in
if
he
had
not
been
boom-proof
.
This
incident
terminated
the
third
meeting
of
the
committee
.
Barbicane
and
his
bold
colleagues
,
to
whom
nothing
seemed
impossible
,
had
succeeding
in
solving
the
complex
problems
of
projectile
,
cannon
,
and
powder
.
Their
plan
was
drawn
up
,
and
it
only
remained
to
put
it
into
execution
"
A
mere
matter
of
detail
,
a
bagatelle
,
"
said
J.
T.
Maston
.
The
American
public
took
a
lively
interest
in
the
smallest
details
of
the
enterprise
of
the
Gun
Club
.
It
followed
day
by
day
the
discussion
of
the
committee
.
The
most
simple
preparations
for
the
great
experiment
,
the
questions
of
figures
which
it
involved
,
the
mechanical
difficulties
to
be
resolved
--
in
one
word
,
the
entire
plan
of
work
--
roused
the
popular
excitement
to
the
highest
pitch
.
The
purely
scientific
attraction
was
suddenly
intensified
by
the
following
incident
:
We
have
seen
what
legions
of
admirers
and
friends
Barbicane
's
project
had
rallied
round
its
author
.
There
was
,
however
,
one
single
individual
alone
in
all
the
States
of
the
Union
who
protested
against
the
attempt
of
the
Gun
Club
.
He
attacked
it
furiously
on
every
opportunity
,
and
human
nature
is
such
that
Barbicane
felt
more
keenly
the
opposition
of
that
one
man
than
he
did
the
applause
of
all
the
others
.
He
was
well
aware
of
the
motive
of
this
antipathy
,
the
origin
of
this
solitary
enmity
,
the
cause
of
its
personality
and
old
standing
,
and
in
what
rivalry
of
self-love
it
had
its
rise
.
