Project Gutenberg 2018-06-11 Public domain in the USA. 154 Bonner, Richard Wrenn, Charles L. (Charles Lewis) 1880 1952 The Boy Inventors and the Vanishing Gun E-text prepared by Roger Frank "The Boy Inventors and the Vanishing Gun" by Richard Bonner is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows two inventive teenage cousins, Jack Chadwick and Tom Jesson, who are engaged in the exciting world of invention and adventure. The boys live in Nestorville, near their father's estate, where they create various machines, including a unique vehicle called the Flying Road Racer, and encounter eccentric inventors while grappling with rival forces that seek to undermine their efforts. At the start of the novel, the boys are busy repairing their Flying Road Racer when they receive a telegram from renowned inventor Pythias Peregrine, signaling that he will visit them. As they prepare to meet him, they witness an aëroplane approaching, which they suspect belongs to Mr. Peregrine. Soon after he arrives, Peregrine reveals he requires their help developing a revolutionary invention—a "vanishing gun" designed for military use—while also introducing conflicts with rival inventors and unexpected adventures, setting the stage for the challenges to come. The opening effectively establishes the protagonist's dynamics, their inventive spirit, and a hint of the urgency brought by mysterious foes. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Inventors -- Juvenile fiction Antiaircraft guns -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Adventure Category: Novels 293140 2025-06-23T03:57:03.185801 text/html 288779 2020-06-25T09:14:18 text/html 535339 2025-06-23T03:57:08.723761 application/epub+zip 534474 2025-06-23T03:57:04.138860 application/epub+zip 202974 2025-06-23T03:57:03.609805 application/epub+zip 613367 2025-06-23T03:57:12.250746 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 589221 2025-06-23T03:57:08.332805 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 248755 2022-08-25T17:46:51.226456 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 273391 2025-06-23T03:57:02.730839 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 273515 2020-06-25T09:14:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18453 2025-06-23T03:57:12.400762 application/rdf+xml 19106 2025-06-23T03:57:03.811799 image/jpeg 2524 2025-06-23T03:57:03.757810 image/jpeg 102071 2020-06-25T09:14:18 application/octet-stream application/zip 494520 2020-06-25T09:14:18 application/octet-stream application/zip 500929 2025-06-23T03:57:03.222790 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog