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1"What is to be done, then?" said Elphinstone, with a puzzled air. "Employ another metal instead of iron." "Copper?" said
2Morgan. "No! that would be too heavy. I have better than that to offer." "What then?" asked the major. "Aluminum!"
3replied Barbicane. "Aluminum?" cried his three colleagues in chorus. "Unquestionably, my friends. This valuable metal
4possesses the whiteness of silver, the indestructibility of gold, the tenacity of iron, the fusibility of copper, the
5lightness of glass. It is easily wrought, is very widely distributed, forming the base of most of the rocks, is three
6times lighter than iron, and seems to have been created for the express purpose of furnishing us with the material for
7our projectile." "But, my dear president," said the major, "is not the cost price of aluminum extremely high?" "It was
8so at its first discovery, but it has fallen now to nine dollars a pound." "But still, nine dollars a pound!" replied
9the major, who was not willing readily to give in; "even that is an enormous price." "Undoubtedly, my dear major; but
10not beyond our reach." "What will the projectile weigh then?" asked Morgan. "Here is the result of my calculations,"
11replied Barbicane. "A shot of 108 inches in diameter, and twelve inches in thickness, would weigh, in cast-iron, 67,440
12pounds; cast in aluminum, its weight will be reduced to 19,250 pounds." "Capital!" cried the major; "but do you know
13that, at nine dollars a pound, this projectile will cost--" "One hundred and seventy-three thousand and fifty dollars
14($173,050). I know it quite well. But fear not, my friends; the money will not be wanting for our enterprise. I will
15answer for it. Now what say you to aluminum, gentlemen?" "Adopted!" replied the three members of the committee. So ended
16the first meeting. The question of the projectile was definitely settled.
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