From: NFetter@aol.com
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 23:52:36 EST
To: pinhole@exploratorium.edu
Subject: Re: Science in Literature
Hi Pat,
Mark Twain was notorious for pulling people's legs with his tongue-in-cheek
hoaxes. I think the mercury filled bread and the cannon balls are two of them.
Good luck.
Neil
Fetter