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Scarcely had she seated herself when a great copper-plated ball alighted upon the lawn in front of her. A heavy steel door snapped open and a powerful figure clad in aviator's leather, the face completely covered by the hood, leaped out.
He was still standing in the doorway when the Frogman approached and said with a haughty croak: "Tell me, my good man, have you seen a diamond-studded gold dishpan?" "No; nor have I seen a copper-plated lobster," replied Wiljon, in an equally haughty tone. The Frogman stared at him and said: "Do not be insolent, fellow!"
"We are as quiet here as if we were in a stone house, and one would think there was a copper-plated roof overhead. It don't seem nat'ral." The others were also looking up with an air of puzzled surprise, not unmingled with uneasiness. Harry went to the entrance and looked out over the breastwork of bushes. "Look here, Sam," he said.
Karnis kept near his friend, helping him so far as was possible; Orpheus, with others of the younger men, had been ordered to the roof, where they were employed under the scorching sun, reflected from the copper-plated covering and the radiating surface of the dome in loosening blocks of stone from the balustrade to be hurled down to-morrow on the besieging force.
It represented a city surrounded by a high wall, above which could be seen the roofs and gables of many buildings, some of which were red farmhouses with turf roofs. Others were white manor houses with slate roofs. Others, again, showed massive copper-plated towers, after the manner of the Kistine Church at Falun.
The pulp now flows over an amalgamating surface, 14 ft. long by 4 ft. wide, sloping 1 1/2 in. to the foot, and is then contracted into a copper-plated sluice 15 ft. long by 14 in. wide, having a fall of 1 in. to the foot.
Karnis kept near his friend, helping him so far as was possible; Orpheus, with others of the younger men, had been ordered to the roof, where they were employed under the scorching sun, reflected from the copper-plated covering and the radiating surface of the dome in loosening blocks of stone from the balustrade to be hurled down to-morrow on the besieging force.
Large articles of iron, such as the parts of ordnance, are sometimes copper-plated to preserve them from the action of the atmosphere. Seamless copper pipes for conveying steam, and wires of pure copper for conducting electricity, are also deposited, and it is not unlikely that the kettle of the future will be made by electrolysis.
He was still standing in the doorway when the Frogman approached and said with a haughty croak, "Tell me, my good man, have you seen a diamond-studded gold dishpan?" "No, nor have I seen a copper-plated lobster," replied Wiljon in an equally haughty tone. The Frogman stared at him and said, "Do not be insolent, fellow!"
Karnis kept near his friend, helping him so far as was possible; Orpheus, with others of the younger men, had been ordered to the roof, where they were employed under the scorching sun, reflected from the copper-plated covering and the radiating surface of the dome in loosening blocks of stone from the balustrade to be hurled down to-morrow on the besieging force.
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