I hadn't worked out the bullets and ball bearings... I think it's one of the ingredients in an alloy. Yes, poisonous, so the miners must have had difficult lives.
I think the portrait adds a lot to the novel - knowing he was real (if somewhat less than factually represented by the story) and being able to look at him and admire!
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Date: Tuesday, 4 October 2011 08:21 pm (UTC)I think the portrait adds a lot to the novel - knowing he was real (if somewhat less than factually represented by the story) and being able to look at him and admire!