Thence nothing more natural than to see them bring their audacious ingenuity to bear on the science of ballistics.
Hence those gigantic cannon, much less useful than sewing-machines, but quite as astonishing, and much more admired.

The marvels of this style by Parrott, Dahlgren, and Rodman are well known.

There was nothing left the Armstrongs, Pallisers, and Treuille de Beaulieux but to bow before their transatlantic rivals.
Therefore during the terrible struggle between Northerners and Southerners, artillerymen were in great request; the Union newspapers published their inventions with enthusiasm, and there was no little tradesman nor _naif_ "booby" who did not bother his head day and night with calculations about impossible trajectory engines.
Now when an American has an idea he seeks another American to share it.
If they are three, they elect a president and two secretaries.

Given four, they elect a clerk, and a company is established.

Five convoke a general meeting, and the club is formed.