Chapter

 1 I   |      nothing to learn; but their cannon, howitzers, and mortars
 2 I   | Baltimore. The inventor of a new cannon associated himself with
 3 I   |        more or less) perfected a cannon; or, in default of a cannon,
 4 I   |      cannon; or, in default of a cannon, at least a firearm of some
 5 I   |        an indefinite period, the cannon, with muzzles depressed,
 6 II  |          Lofty pillars formed of cannon, superposed upon huge mortars
 7 II  |         of brilliance. Models of cannon, bronze castings, sights
 8 II  |      years may elapse before our cannon shall again thunder in the
 9 II  |           the resisting power of cannon and the expansive force
10 IV  |         in the heavens ought the cannon to be aimed at which is
11 IV  |         in the heavens ought the cannon to be aimed?”~Answer.— The
12 IV  |      remarks being admitted, the cannon ought to be pointed to the
13 IV  |        Club:~To sum up—~1st. The cannon ought to be planted in a
14 VII |     three grand questions of the cannon, the projectile, and the
15 VII |        precedence of that of the cannon, and that the dimensions
16 VIII|      CHAPTER VIII~HISTORY OF THE CANNON~The resolutions passed at
17 VIII|      into space; they asked what cannon could ever transmit a sufficient
18 VIII|       with the dimensions of the cannon.”~“Now, up to the present
19 VIII|        metal to be employed. Our cannon must be possessed of great
20 VIII|       the following result:~“The cannon will weigh 68,040 tons.
21 IX  |    projectile, the length of the cannon being settled, what would
22 IX  |        the major. “The Armstrong cannon employs only seventy-five
23 IX  |       come then to my ideal of a cannon half a mile long; for you
24 IX  |       since the contents of your cannon do not exceed 54,000 cubic
25 IX  |       several days to charge the cannon. It ignites at 170 degrees
26 IX  |          problems of projectile, cannon, and powder. Their plan
27 X   |  neighborhood of this deplorable cannon. He also observed that if
28 X   |       the operation of casting a cannon of 900 feet is impracticable,
29 XI  |          about the question of a cannon.~The rival parties promenaded
30 XII |       October following, and the cannon delivered in good condition
31 XIV |       business is to construct a cannon measuring nine feet in its
32 XV  |         resisting power, such as cannon, steam boilers, hydraulic
33 XVI |     depths of the Columbiad.~The cannon was then finished; there
34 XVI |        of his rival in casting a cannon against which iron plates
35 XVI |         empire, “not even if the cannon— loaded, primed, and fired
36 XXV |     placed at the orifice of the cannon. No steam-engine was permitted
37 XXV |     gently into the heart of the cannon and rested on its couch