And then the Martian beside us raised his tube on high and discharged it, gunwise, with a heavy report that made the ground heave. The one towards Staines answered him. There was no flash, no smoke, simply that loaded detonation. The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells. Illustrated by Alvim Corrêa, 1906
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