The explosion of the powder elevates the ham-mer,and the recoil of the cylinder forces the pile into the ground. When the car tridges are thrown at the rate of fifty per minute, the hammer is ...
The 'Gunpowder Plot' was foiled at the eleventh hour, an event still celebrated annually on 5 November and named for the most famous of the conspirators - Guy Fawkes Night. But who was Guy Fawkes ...