The Cone is a short story by H. G. Wells, first published in 1895 in Unicorn. It was intended to be "the opening chapter of a sensational novel set in the Five Towns", later abandoned. The story is set at an ironworks in Stoke-on-Trent, in Staffordshire. An artist is there to depict the industrial landscape; the manager of the ironworks discovers his affair with his wife, and takes him on a tour of the factory, where there are dangerous features.
The World Set Free (Unabridged)
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The New Accelerator (Unabridged)
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On the Art of Staying at the Seaside : A Meditation at Eastbourne (Unabridged)
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Concerning Chess (Unabridged)
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The Time Machine (Unabridged)
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In the Avu Observatory (Unabridged)
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The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth, Book 3: The Harvest of the Food (Unabridged)
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Twelve Stories and a Dream (Unabridged)
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The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents (Unabridged)
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An Englishman Looks at the World (Unabridged)
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What is Coming? - A Forecast of Things After the War (Unabridged)
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The War in the Air - And Particularly How Mr. Bert Smallways Fared While It Lasted (Unabridged)
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