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"  The disintegration of the atom," said Professor Eddinger quietly, "and the release of power unlimited. Did you use thorium?" he inquired. The other looked at him in amazement. Then: "I should have known you would understand," he said humbly. THE DISINTEGRATION OF THE ATOM SAID PROFESSOR EDINGER QUIETLY AND THE RELEASE OF POWER UNLIMITED DID YOU USE THORIUM HE INQUIRED THE OTHER LOOKED AT HIM IN AMAZEMENT THEN I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND HE SAID HUMBLY
cted 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. The carbon blocks glowed with a brilliant incandescence when the flame ceased with the motion of a hand where Avery pulled a switch. The man's voice was quiet now. "You do not know, yet, what you have seen, but there was a tremendous potential there--an amperage I can't measure with my limited facilities." He waved a deprecating hand about the ill-furnished laboratory. "But you have seen--" His voice trembled and failed at the forming of the words. HE 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 THE CARBON BLOCKS GLOWED WITH A BRILLIANT INCANDESCENCE WHEN THE FLAME CEASED WITH THE MOTION OF A HAND WHERE AVERY PULLED A SWITCH THE MAN'S VOICE WAS QUIET NOW YOU DO NOT KNOW YET WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN BUT THERE IS A TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL THERE AN AMPERAGE I CAN'T MEASURE WITH MY LIMITED FACILITIES HE WAVED A DEPRECATING HAND ABOUT THE ILL FURNISHED LABORATORY BUT YOU HAVE SEEN HIS VOICE TREMBLED AND FAILED AT THE FORMING OF THE WORDS
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