The launching-tubes have been angled slightly upwards, to grant the rockets the best attainable vary; Jedburgh watched the flame describe a curved path in direction of the dirigible, earlier than it fell well in need of its target. Jedburgh returned the handshake with a rueful smile, and watched McBryant return to his carriage. Jedburgh was applying just a little more grease to a set of impeller-shafts when McBryant got here to bid him farewell.