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The terrible Fighting Machines are perhaps the most vivid impression that survivors have of the Invasion, the hundred-foot tall Titans striding across the landscape with their strange loping gait, laying waste left and right with their devastating Heat-Rays. These constructions are in themselves a masterpiece of engineering, each part precisely machined and interlocked with its fellows. The Fighting Machines were constructed almost exclusively from an advanced alloy of aluminium (which is incidentally much stronger than aluminium alone), which was left unpainted and glittering in the sunlight.

The main body of the fighting machine, holding the Heavy Element Engine, the Heat-Ray and the cowl in which the Martian operator sat, was supported by three spindly, jointed legs, controlled using the pseudo-muscular system described previously. The Fighting-Machines were equipped with a number of devices fitting for their terrible purpose: a Heat-Ray generator mounted on an articulated arm; a wire-mesh basket behind the hood of the machine, in which captured humans were deposited; a steam-hose, used to lay the clouds of Black Smoke once they had served their purpose. Beneath the main body of machinery dangled six glittering tentacles, operated on the same principle as the pseudo-muscular system described above. The discs were covered by an armoured sheath of interlocking rings of aluminium, protecting the pseudo-muscles from damage. The tentacles could be used to administer an electric shock to the Martians' victims, subduing struggling humans before they were placed in the metal basket.

Black smoke cannon: The Martians made surprisingly little use of any analogue to terrestrial artillery. For the most part they relied upon their Heat-Rays to quash any resistance to their conquest. The only occasion on which they used any sort of ballistic weapon was in the delivery of their dreadful canisters of Black Smoke. This powder was dispensed by means of canisters fired from reusable tubes, wielded by the Martian Fighting Machines."

The Magnetic Acceleration Cannon consisted of a hollow tube containing a great many rings of a similar material to the discs of the pseudomuscular structure, having virtually no electrical resistivity. It is believed that a powerful electrical current was exerted upon each ring in turn, strongly magnetising them and accelerating the canister of Black Smoke, which was ceramic bound with bands of a ferrous substance, towards its target. Each firing tube, once expended, was discarded (presumably to be reloaded at a later time), and another tube taken up. The loud report that characterised the firing of the Black Smoke is believed to be that of the canister accelerating past the speed of sound.

It is possible that the Magnetic Acceleration Cannons could fire a variety of shells, from the Black Smoke canisters deployed against the British military, to explosives or incendiaries. No such shells were discovered among the artifacts left by the Martians, so it must be presumed that they were sufficiently confident in the capabilities of their Black Smoke to silence opposition that they regarded other types of ammunition to be unnecessary.

The Black Smoke, used to such terrible effect against the population of London, is more accurately described as an extremely fine dust or powder. It is quite substantially heavier than air, and when released tends to stay in a dense, hill-shaped cloud which slowly flattens and spreads across the ground.

The Smoke is insoluble in water; instead it forms a layer of scum on the surface which sinks slowly to the bottom, making way for more. It appears that the Smoke undergoes some chemical reaction upon contact with moisture which renders it inert, as it is quite possible to drink without harm water which has had the scum strained from it. Similarly, moisture in the air causes the microscopic particles of dust to slowly group together into larger particles, and sink gently to the ground.

Despite a degree of knowledge concerning the behaviour and effects of the Black Smoke, little is known of its chemical composition, and scientists are still not entirely certain of precisely how it has its effect. Spectrum analysis of the black powder points unmistakably to the presence of an unknown element with a brilliant group of three lines in the green, and it is possible that it combines with argon to form a compound which acts at once with deadly effect upon some constituent in the blood, causing it to near-instantly coagulate. Its behaviour when exposed to moisture only serves to enhance its lethal properties; as it is inhaled by its victims, it is believed to undergo a reaction with the natural moisture present in the lungs. This causes it to coat the internal surface of the lungs with a smothering layer of powder, preventing the victim from obtaining vital oxygen from the air. The only ways to avoid its effects are to move to a sufficiently elevated position that one is above the level of the cloud, or to filter the air one breathes through a moistened cloth of fine weave. Black smoke was stored in special canisters, and fired by a cylinder device, which is carried, as a separate object, in the tentacles of the fighting machine. As these launching cylinders are held separately, it has been suggested that some other device was intended to use the cylinders, and they were brought out in a makeshift fashion by the fighting machines. The cylinder launcher device launched the black smoke cylinders in an unknown manner, which produces no smoke. Compressed air, or electromagnets have been suggested as the propulsive device. The canisters also do not explode when they hit the ground, but rather shatter, and the smoke inside billows out. The described size of the clouds strongly suggests that the smoke within the canisters is highly compressed.

Heat ray:

This was perhaps the most dreadful and destructive weapon employed by the Martians in their subjugation of the inhabitants of Earth. Projected from a camera-like apparatus normally slung beneath the cowl of the dreaded Fighting Machines, the Heat-Ray causes all materials it touches to near instantly heat to incandescence. Spectroscopic analysis of the beam indicates that the apparatus projects light at a single wavelength beyond the red end of the visible spectrum. This was first witnessed by humans shortly after the invaders landed at Horsell Common: preceded by three puffs of green smoke or flame and a deep, resonant humming sound, the Heat-Ray was reflected from a parabolic mirror to strike at the Deputation of astronomers and members of the general public who approached the Pit.

Thus far, terrestrial scientists have had little success in replicating the effects of the Heat-Ray. Experiments at Ealing at South Kensington have resulted in disaster as the attempts to reverse-engineer the Martians' Heat Rays in order to construct a working Heat-Ray of our own have gone horribly awry. Nonetheless Britain remains in the forefront of research into Martian technology, and is the envy of the rest of the world. It should, however, be noted that an American inventor, Mr. Nikola Tesla, has been rumoured to have had a degree of success in creating an apparatus with similar effects to the Heat-Ray, based upon technology of his own devising..

An adventure time/ war of the worlds pic.

Description
The terrible Fighting Machines are perhaps the most vivid impression that survivors have of the Invasion, the hundred-foot tall Titans striding across the landscape with their strange loping gait, laying waste left and right with their devastating Heat-Rays. These constructions are in themselves a masterpiece of engineering, each part precisely machined and interlocked with its fellows. The Fighting Machines were constructed almost exclusively from an advanced alloy of aluminium (which is incidentally much stronger than aluminium alone), which was left unpainted and glittering in the sunlight.

The main body of the fighting machine, holding the Heavy Element Engine, the Heat-Ray and the cowl in which the Martian operator sat, was supported by three spindly, jointed legs, controlled using the pseudo-muscular system described previously. The Fighting-Machines were equipped with a number of devices fitting for their terrible purpose: a Heat-Ray generator mounted on an articulated arm; a wire-mesh basket behind the hood of the machine, in which captured humans were deposited; a steam-hose, used to lay the clouds of Black Smoke once they had served their purpose. Beneath the main body of machinery dangled six glittering tentacles, operated on the same principle as the pseudo-muscular system described above. The discs were covered by an armoured sheath of interlocking rings of aluminium, protecting the pseudo-muscles from damage. The tentacles could be used to administer an electric shock to the Martians' victims, subduing struggling humans before they were placed in the metal basket.

Black smoke cannon: The Martians made surprisingly little use of any analogue to terrestrial artillery. For the most part they relied upon their Heat-Rays to quash any resistance to their conquest. The only occasion on which they used any sort of ballistic weapon was in the delivery of their dreadful canisters of Black Smoke. This powder was dispensed by means of canisters fired from reusable tubes, wielded by the Martian Fighting Machines."

The Magnetic Acceleration Cannon consisted of a hollow tube containing a great many rings of a similar material to the discs of the pseudomuscular structure, having virtually no electrical resistivity. It is believed that a powerful electrical current was exerted upon each ring in turn, strongly magnetising them and accelerating the canister of Black Smoke, which was ceramic bound with bands of a ferrous substance, towards its target. Each firing tube, once expended, was discarded (presumably to be reloaded at a later time), and another tube taken up. The loud report that characterised the firing of the Black Smoke is believed to be that of the canister accelerating past the speed of sound.

It is possible that the Magnetic Acceleration Cannons could fire a variety of shells, from the Black Smoke canisters deployed against the British military, to explosives or incendiaries. No such shells were discovered among the artifacts left by the Martians, so it must be presumed that they were sufficiently confident in the capabilities of their Black Smoke to silence opposition that they regarded other types of ammunition to be unnecessary.

The Black Smoke, used to such terrible effect against the population of London, is more accurately described as an extremely fine dust or powder. It is quite substantially heavier than air, and when released tends to stay in a dense, hill-shaped cloud which slowly flattens and spreads across the ground.

The Smoke is insoluble in water; instead it forms a layer of scum on the surface which sinks slowly to the bottom, making way for more. It appears that the Smoke undergoes some chemical reaction upon contact with moisture which renders it inert, as it is quite possible to drink without harm water which has had the scum strained from it. Similarly, moisture in the air causes the microscopic particles of dust to slowly group together into larger particles, and sink gently to the ground.

Despite a degree of knowledge concerning the behaviour and effects of the Black Smoke, little is known of its chemical composition, and scientists are still not entirely certain of precisely how it has its effect. Spectrum analysis of the black powder points unmistakably to the presence of an unknown element with a brilliant group of three lines in the green, and it is possible that it combines with argon to form a compound which acts at once with deadly effect upon some constituent in the blood, causing it to near-instantly coagulate. Its behaviour when exposed to moisture only serves to enhance its lethal properties; as it is inhaled by its victims, it is believed to undergo a reaction with the natural moisture present in the lungs. This causes it to coat the internal surface of the lungs with a smothering layer of powder, preventing the victim from obtaining vital oxygen from the air. The only ways to avoid its effects are to move to a sufficiently elevated position that one is above the level of the cloud, or to filter the air one breathes through a moistened cloth of fine weave. Black smoke was stored in special canisters, and fired by a cylinder device, which is carried, as a separate object, in the tentacles of the fighting machine. As these launching cylinders are held separately, it has been suggested that some other device was intended to use the cylinders, and they were brought out in a makeshift fashion by the fighting machines. The cylinder launcher device launched the black smoke cylinders in an unknown manner, which produces no smoke. Compressed air, or electromagnets have been suggested as the propulsive device. The canisters also do not explode when they hit the ground, but rather shatter, and the smoke inside billows out. The described size of the clouds strongly suggests that the smoke within the canisters is highly compressed.

Heat ray:

This was perhaps the most dreadful and destructive weapon employed by the Martians in their subjugation of the inhabitants of Earth. Projected from a camera-like apparatus normally slung beneath the cowl of the dreaded Fighting Machines, the Heat-Ray causes all materials it touches to near instantly heat to incandescence. Spectroscopic analysis of the beam indicates that the apparatus projects light at a single wavelength beyond the red end of the visible spectrum. This was first witnessed by humans shortly after the invaders landed at Horsell Common: preceded by three puffs of green smoke or flame and a deep, resonant humming sound, the Heat-Ray was reflected from a parabolic mirror to strike at the Deputation of astronomers and members of the general public who approached the Pit.

Thus far, terrestrial scientists have had little success in replicating the effects of the Heat-Ray. Experiments at Ealing at South Kensington have resulted in disaster as the attempts to reverse-engineer the Martians' Heat Rays in order to construct a working Heat-Ray of our own have gone horribly awry. Nonetheless Britain remains in the forefront of research into Martian technology, and is the envy of the rest of the world. It should, however, be noted that an American inventor, Mr. Nikola Tesla, has been rumoured to have had a degree of success in creating an apparatus with similar effects to the Heat-Ray, based upon technology of his own devising..

An adventure time/ war of the worlds pic.