We found many reports of people being in awe of the size of this cannon. It was a terrifying new invention that was built for the purpose of destruction. Notes from the lab, who we suspect belong to be the Herr of the town of Stahlstadt, were found telling to local village of their coming demise.
Materials
Materials
- Made of cast iron and bronze which gives it its strength and weight to control a big blast.
- Developed in 1832, Gun Cotton is the powder used to fire the cannon. The hope of Herr Schultz was to have the cannon fire over 30 miles to reach its destination of Franceville. The Gun Cotton made that distance easily, and then some. Schultz highly overestimated his use of Gun Cotton and we believe it was to show what he was capable of. Schultz knew he would miss his target of Franceville but he wanted to prove a point that he could destroy the city if he wanted to.
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The cast iron gives the cannon its strength and weight. It is what all of the cannon is constructed of.
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The bronze is cast over the cannon to hold it together and give it its awesome look.
The 6 foot shells from the cannon are filled with carbonic acid; a material that turns from a liquid into a gas in mere seconds. What this would do is freeze the town where it would land, thus killing thousands of people. The gas would have stayed in the air for many hours, like a force field of a couple hundred yards. Any living being that would pass through this would die instantly.