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."I'm counting on you to gowith me, Nedyou and Mr.Baxter.We leave this afternoon for Denton.""I'll be with you.Couldn't pass up a chance like that.But here comes Koku,and it looks as if he had something on his mind."The giant did, indeed, seem to be laboring under the stress of some emotion."Oh, Master Tom!" the big man exclaimed when he had got the attention of theyoung inventor."Radhehe""Has anything happened?" asked Tom, quickly."No, not yet.But dat pill manhesay by tomorrow he know if Rad ever will see sunshine more!""Oh, the doctor says he'll be able to decide about Rad's eyesight tomorrow,does he?""Yes.What so pill man say," repeated Koku."Um," mused Tom, "I wish I were going to be here, but I don't see how I can.Imust give this test." But it was with a sinking heart as he thought of poorEradicate that the young inventor proceeded to pile into his airship thelargest and heaviest load of chemicals it had ever carried.Tom Swift Among The Fire FightersCHAPTER XX.A HEAVY LOAD67CHAPTER XXI.THE LIGHT IN THE SKY"WELL, what do you say, Tom?" asked Ned, in a low voice."She's all right as far as I can see, though she may stagger a bit at the takeoff.""It's a pretty heavy load," agreed the young manager, as he and Tom Swiftwalked about the big firefighting airship Lucifer, which had been rolledoutside the hangar."But still I think she'll take it, especially since you'vetuned up the motor so it's at least twenty per cent.more powerful than itwas.""Perhaps you'd better leave me out," suggested Mr.Baxter, who had beenhelping the boys."I'm not a feather weight, you know.""I need you with us," said Tom."I want your expert opinion on the effect thenew chemicals have on the flames.""Well, I'd like to come," admitted the chemist, "for it will be a valuableexperience for me.But I don't want an accident up in the air.""Trust Tom Swift for that!" cried Ned."If he says his aircraft will do thetrick, it positively will.""How about leaving me out?" asked Mr.Damon."I'm not an expert in anything,as far as I know.""You are in keeping us cheerful.And we may need you to bless things ifthere's a slipup anywhere,"laughed Tom, for Mr.Damon had been invited to be one of the party.Page 59 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html"I don't so much mind a slipup," said Mr.Damon, "as I do a slip down.That'swhere it hurts! However, I'll take a chance with you, Tom Swift.It won't bethe first oneand I guess it won't be the last."The work of getting the big airship ready for what was to be a conclusive testof her firefighting abilities from the clouds proceeded rapidly.As has beenrelated, Tom had perfected, with the help of Mr.Baxter, a combination ofchemicals which was effective in putting out a fire when dropped into theblaze from above.Quantities of this combination had been stored in metal containers which Tomhad at first styled "bombs,"but which he now called "aerial grenades."The manner of dropping the grenades was, on the whole, similar to the mannerin which bombs were dropped from airships during the Great War, but Tom hadmade several improvements in this plan.These improvements had to do with the releasing of the bombs, or, in thiscase, grenades.It is not easy to drop or throw something from a swiftlymoving airship so that it will hit an object on the ground.During the waraviators had to train for some time before becoming even approximatelyaccurate.Tom Swift decided that to leave this matter to chance or to the eye of theoccupant of an airship was too indefinite.Accordingly he invented a machine,something like a rangefinder for big guns.With this it was a comparativelyeasy matter to drop a grenade at almost any designated place.To accomplish this it was necessary to take into consideration the speed ofthe airship, its height above the ground, the velocity of the wind, the weightof the grenades, and other things of this sort.But by an intricatemathematical process Tom solved the problem, so that it was only necessary toset certain pointers and levers along a slide rule in the cockpit of thecraft.Then when the releasing catch was pressed, the grenades would drop downjust about where they were most needed.Tom Swift Among The Fire FightersCHAPTER XXI.THE LIGHT IN THE SKY68"I think everything is ready," said Tom, when he had taken a last look overhis craft, making sure that all the chemical grenades were in place."If youwill be ready, gentlemen, we will take our places and start in about half anhour," he added."I want to say goodbye to my father, and cheer up Radif Ican.""The doctor will know tomorrow, will he?" asked Mr.Damon [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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."I'm counting on you to gowith me, Nedyou and Mr.Baxter.We leave this afternoon for Denton.""I'll be with you.Couldn't pass up a chance like that.But here comes Koku,and it looks as if he had something on his mind."The giant did, indeed, seem to be laboring under the stress of some emotion."Oh, Master Tom!" the big man exclaimed when he had got the attention of theyoung inventor."Radhehe""Has anything happened?" asked Tom, quickly."No, not yet.But dat pill manhesay by tomorrow he know if Rad ever will see sunshine more!""Oh, the doctor says he'll be able to decide about Rad's eyesight tomorrow,does he?""Yes.What so pill man say," repeated Koku."Um," mused Tom, "I wish I were going to be here, but I don't see how I can.Imust give this test." But it was with a sinking heart as he thought of poorEradicate that the young inventor proceeded to pile into his airship thelargest and heaviest load of chemicals it had ever carried.Tom Swift Among The Fire FightersCHAPTER XX.A HEAVY LOAD67CHAPTER XXI.THE LIGHT IN THE SKY"WELL, what do you say, Tom?" asked Ned, in a low voice."She's all right as far as I can see, though she may stagger a bit at the takeoff.""It's a pretty heavy load," agreed the young manager, as he and Tom Swiftwalked about the big firefighting airship Lucifer, which had been rolledoutside the hangar."But still I think she'll take it, especially since you'vetuned up the motor so it's at least twenty per cent.more powerful than itwas.""Perhaps you'd better leave me out," suggested Mr.Baxter, who had beenhelping the boys."I'm not a feather weight, you know.""I need you with us," said Tom."I want your expert opinion on the effect thenew chemicals have on the flames.""Well, I'd like to come," admitted the chemist, "for it will be a valuableexperience for me.But I don't want an accident up in the air.""Trust Tom Swift for that!" cried Ned."If he says his aircraft will do thetrick, it positively will.""How about leaving me out?" asked Mr.Damon."I'm not an expert in anything,as far as I know.""You are in keeping us cheerful.And we may need you to bless things ifthere's a slipup anywhere,"laughed Tom, for Mr.Damon had been invited to be one of the party.Page 59 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html"I don't so much mind a slipup," said Mr.Damon, "as I do a slip down.That'swhere it hurts! However, I'll take a chance with you, Tom Swift.It won't bethe first oneand I guess it won't be the last."The work of getting the big airship ready for what was to be a conclusive testof her firefighting abilities from the clouds proceeded rapidly.As has beenrelated, Tom had perfected, with the help of Mr.Baxter, a combination ofchemicals which was effective in putting out a fire when dropped into theblaze from above.Quantities of this combination had been stored in metal containers which Tomhad at first styled "bombs,"but which he now called "aerial grenades."The manner of dropping the grenades was, on the whole, similar to the mannerin which bombs were dropped from airships during the Great War, but Tom hadmade several improvements in this plan.These improvements had to do with the releasing of the bombs, or, in thiscase, grenades.It is not easy to drop or throw something from a swiftlymoving airship so that it will hit an object on the ground.During the waraviators had to train for some time before becoming even approximatelyaccurate.Tom Swift decided that to leave this matter to chance or to the eye of theoccupant of an airship was too indefinite.Accordingly he invented a machine,something like a rangefinder for big guns.With this it was a comparativelyeasy matter to drop a grenade at almost any designated place.To accomplish this it was necessary to take into consideration the speed ofthe airship, its height above the ground, the velocity of the wind, the weightof the grenades, and other things of this sort.But by an intricatemathematical process Tom solved the problem, so that it was only necessary toset certain pointers and levers along a slide rule in the cockpit of thecraft.Then when the releasing catch was pressed, the grenades would drop downjust about where they were most needed.Tom Swift Among The Fire FightersCHAPTER XXI.THE LIGHT IN THE SKY68"I think everything is ready," said Tom, when he had taken a last look overhis craft, making sure that all the chemical grenades were in place."If youwill be ready, gentlemen, we will take our places and start in about half anhour," he added."I want to say goodbye to my father, and cheer up Radif Ican.""The doctor will know tomorrow, will he?" asked Mr.Damon [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]