Gun-Cotton versus Gunpowder
Anon
Genre: | News-Commentary, Drollery |
Subjects: | Military Technology, Amusement |
Criticizes a theatre manager's decision to exploit gun cotton, instead of gunpowder for dramatic purposes. Points out the gunpowder is too powerful for this purpose and its tremendous noise could be produced by 'toy-guns'. | |
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