CONTENTS
CHAPTER | PAGE | |
I | On a live Wire | 1 |
II | "We'll Take a Chance!" | 14 |
III | Planning a Big Gun | 22 |
IV | Koku's Brave Act | 29 |
V | Off to Sandy Hook | 40 |
VI | Testing the Waller Gun | 48 |
VII | The Impossible Occurs | 58 |
VIII | A Big Problem | 65 |
IX | The New Powder | 72 |
X | Something Wrong | 80 |
XI | Failure and Success | 87 |
XII | A Powerful Blast | 97 |
XIII | Casting the Cannon | 105 |
XIV | A Night Intruder | 115 |
XV | Ready for the Test | 121 |
XVI | A Warning | 131 |
XVII | The Bursting Dam | 139 |
XVIII | The Doped Powder | 151 |
XIX | Blowing Down the Barrier | 158 |
XX | The Government Accepts | 165 |
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