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The carbon blocks glowed with a brilliant incandescence when the flame ceased with the motion of a hand where Avery pulled a switch. THE CARBON BLOCKS GLOWED WITH A BRILLIANT INCANDESCENCE WHEN THE FLAME CEASED WITH THE MOTION OF A HAND WHERE AVERY PULLED A SWITCH
der man widened as he saw it. It was intricate--a maze of tubing. There was a glass bulb above--the generator of a cathode ray, obviously--and electro-magnets below and on each side. Beneath was a crude sphere of heavy lead--a retort, it might be--and from this there passed two massive, insulated cables. The understanding eyes of the Professor followed them, one to a terminal on a great insulating block upon the floor, the other to a similarly protected terminal of carbon some feet above it in the air. The trembling fingers of the young man made some few adjustments, then he left the instrument to take his place by an electric switch. "Stand back," he warned, and closed the switch. There was a gentle hissing from within glass tubes, the faint glow of a blue-green light. And that was all, until--with a crash like the ripping crackle of lightning, a white flame arced between the terminals of the heavy cables. It hissed ceaselessly through the air where now the tang of ozone was apparent. APPARATUS THE EYES OF THE OLDER MAN WIDENED AS HE SAW IT IT WAS INTRICATE A MAZE OF TUBING THERE WAS A GLASS BULB ABOVE THE GENERATOR OF A CATHODE RAY OBVIOUSLY AND ELECTROMAGNETS BELOW AND ON EACH SIDE BENEATH WAS A CRUDE SPHERE OF HEAVY LEAD A RETORT IT MIGHT BE AND FROM THIS THERE PASSED TWO MASSIVE INSULATED CABLES THE UNDERSTANDING EYES OF THE PROFESSOR FOLLOWED THEM ONE TO A TERMINAL ON A GREAT INSULATING BLOCK UPON THE FLOOR THE OTHER TO A SIMILARLY PROTECTED TERMINAL OF CARBONS SOME FEET ABOVE IT IN THE AIR THE TREMBLING FINGERS OF THE YOUNG MAN MADE SOME FEW ADJUSTMENTS THEN HE LEFT THE INSTRUMENT TO TAKE HIS PLACE BY AN ELECTRIC SWITCH STAMP BACK HE WARNED AND CLOSED THE SWITCH THERE WAS A GENTLE HISSING FROM WITHIN GLASS TUBES THE FAINT GLOW OF A BLUE GREEN LIGHT AND THAT WAS ALL UNTIL WITH A CRASH LIKE THE RIPPING CRACKLE OF LIGHTNING A WHITE FLAME ARCHED BETWEEN THE TERMINALS OF THE HEAVY CABLES IT HISSED CEASELESSLY THROUGH THE AIR WHERE NOW THE TANG OF OZONE WAS APPARENT
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