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Tom Swift Among The Diamond Makers — Or, The Secret Of Phantom Mountain
By Victor Appleton
... "Well, Tom Swift, I don't believe you will make any mistake if you buy that diamond," said the jeweler to a young man who was inspecting a tray of pins, set with the sparkling stones. "It is of the first water, and without a flaw." "It certainly seems so, Mr. Track. I don't know much about diamonds, and I'm depending on you. But this one looks to be all right." Is it for yourself, Tom? ...
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Tom Swift Among The Fire Fighters, — Or, Battling With Flames From The Air
By Victor Appleton
... IMPOSSIBLE, Ned! It can't be as much as that! "Well, you can prove the additions yourself, Tom, on one of the adding machines. I've been over 'em twice, and get the same result each time. There are the figures. They say figures don't lie, though it doesn't follow that the opposite is true, for those who do not stick closely to the truth do, sometimes, figure. But there you have it; your financial statement for the ...
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Tom Swift And His Aerial Warship — Or, The Naval Terror Of The Seas
By Victor Appleton
... What's the matter, Tom? You look rather blue! "Blue! Say, Ned, I'd turn red, green, yellow, or any other color of the rainbow, if I thought it would help matters any." Whew! Ned Newton, the chum and companion of Tom Swift, gave vent to a whistle of surprise, as he gazed at the young fellow sitting opposite him, near a bench covered with strange-looking tools and ...
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Tom Swift And His Air Glider — Or, Seeking The Platinum Treasure
By Victor Appleton
... Well, Ned, are you ready? Oh, I suppose so, Tom. As ready as I ever shall be. "Why, Ned Newton, you're not getting afraid; are you? And after you've been on so many trips with me?" "No, it isn't exactly that, Tom. I'd go in a minute if you didn't have this new fangled thing on your airship. But how do you know how it's going to work -- or whether it will work at all? We may come a cropper." ...
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Tom Swift And His Air Scout — Or, Uncle Sam's Mastery Of The Sky
By Victor Appleton
... Oh Tom, is it really safe? A young lady -- an exceedingly pretty young lady, she could be called -- stood with one small, gloved hand on the outstretched wing of an aeroplane, and looked up at a young man, attired in a leather, fur-lined suit, who sat in the cockpit of the machine just above her. "Safe, Mary?" repeated the pilot, as he reached in under the hood of the craft to make sure about one of the controls. "Why, you ought to ...
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Tom Swift And His Airship
By Victor Appleton
... Are you all ready, Tom? "All ready, Mr. Sharp," replied a young man, who was stationed near some complicated apparatus, while the questioner, a dark man, with a nervous manner, leaned over a large tank. "I'm going to turn on the gas now," went on the man. "Look out for yourself. I'm not sure what may happen." "Neither am I, but I'm ready for it. If it does explode it can't do ...
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Tom Swift And His Big Tunnel — Or, The Hidden City Of The Andes
By Victor Appleton
... Tom Swift, seated in his laboratory engaged in trying to solve a puzzling question that had arisen over one of his inventions, was startled by a loud knock on the door. So emphatic, in fact, was the summons that the door trembled, and Tom started to his feet in some alarm. "Hello there!" he cried. "Don't break the door, Koku!" and then he laughed. "No one but my giant would knock like that," he said to himself. "He never does seem able to do things gently. But I wonder ...
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Tom Swift And His Giant Cannon — Or, The Longest Shots On Record
By Victor Appleton
... "Now, see here, Mr. Swift, you may think it all a sort of dream, and imagine that I don't know what I'm talking about; but I do! If you'll consent to finance this expedition to the extent of, say, ten thousand dollars, I'll practically guarantee to give you back five times that sum "I don't know, Alec, I don't know," slowly responded the aged inventor. "I've heard those stories before, and in my experience nothing ever came of them. Buried treasure, and lost vessels filled with gold, are ...
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Tom Swift And His Electric Locomotive — Or, Two Miles A Minute On The Rails
By Victor Appleton
... "An electric locomotive that can make two miles a minute over a properly ballasted roadbed might not be an impossibility," said Mr. Barton Swift ruminatively. "It is one of those things that are coming," and he flashed his son, Tom Swift, a knowing smile. It had been a topic of conversation between them before the visitor from the West had been seated before the library fire and had sampled one of the elder Swift's good cigars. "It is not only a future possibility," said the latter gentleman, ...
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Tom Swift And His Motor-Boat — Or, The Rivals Of Lake Carlopa
By Victor Appleton
... "Where are you going, Tom?" asked Mr. Barton Swift of his son as the young man was slowly pushing his motor-cycle out of the yard toward the country road. "You look as though you had some object in view." "So I have, dad. I'm going over to Lanton." ...
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Tom Swift And His Electric Runabout — Or, The Speediest Car On The Road
By Victor Appleton
... "Father," exclaimed Tom Swift, looking up from a paper he was reading, I think I can win that prize! "What prize is that?" inquired the aged inventor, gazing away from a drawing of a complicated machine, and pausing in his task of making some intricate calculations. "You don't mean to say, Tom, that you're going to have a try for a government prize for a submarine, after all." "No," not a submarine prize, dad," and the youth laughed. "Though our ...
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Tom Swift And His Sky Racer — Or, The Quickest Flight On Record
By Victor Appleton
... Is this Tom Swift, the inventor of several airships? The man who had rung the bell glanced at the youth who answered his summons. Yes, I'm Tom Swift," was the reply. "Did you wish to see me? "I do. I'm Mr. James Gunmore, secretary of the Eagle Park Aviation Association. I had some correspondence with you about a prize contest we are going to hold. I believe -- " ...
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Tom Swift And His Undersea Search — Or, The Treasure On The Floor Of The Atlantic
By Victor Appleton
... "Tom, this is certainly wonderful reading! Over a hundred million dollars' worth of silver at the bottom of the ocean! More than two hundred million dollars in gold! To say nothing of fifty millions in copper, ten millions in -- " "Say, hold on there, Ned! Hold on! Where do you get that stuff; as the boys say? Has something gone wrong with one of the adding machines, or is it just on account of the heat? What's the big idea, anyhow? How ...
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Tom Swift And His War Tank — Or, Doing His Bit For Uncle Sam
By Victor Appleton
... Ceasing his restless walk up and down the room, Tom Swift strode to the window and gazed across the field toward the many buildings, where machines were turning out the products evolved from the brains of his father and himself. There was a worried look on the face of the young inventor, and he seemed preoccupied, as though thinking of something far removed from whatever it was his eyes gazed upon. "Well, I'll do it!" suddenly exclaimed Tom. "I don't want to, but I ...
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Tom Swift And His Wizard Camera — Or, Thrilling Adventures While Taking Moving Pictures
By Victor Appleton
... Some one to see you, Mr. Tom. It was Koku, or August, as he was sometimes called, the new giant servant of Tom Swift, who made this announcement to the young inventor. "Who is it, Koku?" inquired Tom, looking up from his work-bench in the machine shop, where he was busy over a part of the motor for his new noiseless airship. "Any one I know? Is it the 'Blessing Man?'" for so Koku had come to call Mr. Damon, an eccentric friend of Tom's. ...
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