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Most of their scientific advance occurred within the past century, and most of that in the past forty years. Of course, the life expectancy on that level is only about seventy years." MOST OF THEIR SCIENTIFIC ADVANCE ACCORD WITHIN THE PAST CENTURY AND MOST OF THAT IN THE PAST FORTY YEARS OF COURSE THE LIFE INSPECTANCY ON THAT LEVEL'S ONLY SEVENTY YEARS
all got out his pipe and lit it; the pilot lit a cigarette. "That's an odd pipe, sir," the pilot said. "Out-time item?" "Yes, Fourth Probability Level; typical of the whole paratime belt I was working in." Verkan Vall handed it over for inspection. "The bowl's natural brier-root; the stem's a sort of plastic made from the sap of certain tropical trees. The little white dot is the maker's trademark; it's made of elephant tusk." "Sounds pretty crude to me, sir." The pilot handed it back. "Nice workmanship, though. Looks like good machine production." "Yes. The sector I was on is really quite advanced, for an electro-chemical civilization. That weapon I brought back with me--that solid-missile projector--is typical of most Fourth Level culture. Moving parts machined to the closest tolerances, and interchangeable with similar parts of all similar weapons. The missile is a small bolt of cupro-alloy coated lead, propelled by expanding gases from the ignition of some nitro-cellulose compound.  WAS ENTIRELY IN THE ELECTRONIC HANDS OF THEIR ROBOAT CONTROLS VERKAN BOW GOT OUT HIS PIPE AND LIT IT THE PILOT LIT A CIGARETTE IT'S AN ODD PIPE SIR OUT TIME ITEM YES FOURTH PROBABILITY LEVEL TYPICO OF THE WHOLE PAIR TIME BELT I WAS WORKING IN VERKAN VALL HANDED IT OVER FOR INSPECTION THE BULL'S NATURAL BRIAR ROOT THE DIM SORT OF A PLASTICK MADE FROM THE SAP OF CERTAIN TROPICAL TREES THE LITTLE WHITE DOT IS THE MARKER'S TRADEMARK IT'S MADE OF ELEPHANT TUSK SOUNDS PRETTY CRUDE TO ME SIR THE PILOT HANDED IT BACK NICE WORKMANSHIP THOUGH LOOKS LIKE GOOD MACHINE REDUCTION YES THE SECTOR I WAS ON IS REALLY QUITE ADVANCED FOR AN ELECTRO CHEMICAL CIVILIZATION THE OPEN I BROUGHT BACK WITH ME THAT SOLID MISSILJECTOR IS TYPICAL OF MOST FOURTH LEVEL CULTURE MOVING BARD'S MACHINE TO THE CLOSEST TOLERANCES AND INTERCHANGEABLE WITH SIMILAR PARTS OF ALL SIMILAR WEAPONS THE MISSILES A SMALL BOLT OF COPRO ALLOY COATED LEAD PROPELLED BY EXPANDING GUESSES FROM THE IGNITION OF SOME NITRO CELLULOSE COMPOUND
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