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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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Various
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At
first
it
seemed
that
their
bodies
weighed
twice
the
normal
amount,
but
this
feeling
soon
passed
and
they
looked
about
them
with
incredulous
amazement.
The
metal
disc
was
quite
evidently
the
medium
through
which
the
repelling
force
was
set
up
in
the
shaft,
and
to
this
disc
was
connected
a
series
of
heavy
cables
that
led
to
a
pedestal
nearby.
On
the
pedestal
was
a
controlling
lever
and
this
moved
over
a
quadrant
that
was
graduated
in
degrees,
one
end
of
the
quadrant
being
labeled
"Up"
and
the
other
"Down."
The
lever
now
stood
at
a
point
but
a
very
few
degrees
from
the
center
or
"Zero"
mark
and
on
the
down
side.
Frank
pulled
this
lever
over
to
the
full
"Down"
position
and
they
found
that
they
could
walk
over
the
disc
with
normal
gravity.
"I
suppose,"
said
Frank,
"that
if
the
lever
is
at
the
other
end
of
the
scale
one
would
fall
upward
with
full
gravity
acceleration--reversed.
At
zero,
gravity
is
exactly
neutralized,
and
the
intermediate
positions
are
useful
in
conveying
materials
or
human
beings
up
and
down
the
shaft
as
desired.
Very
clever;
but
what
is
the
reason
for
it
all?"
In
the
precise
center
of
the
great
cavern
there
was
a
dome
or
hemisphere
of
polished
metal,
and
it
was
from
this
dome
that
the
eery
light
emanated.
At
times,
when
the
light
died
down,
this
dome
gleamed
with
dull
flickerings
that
threatened
to
vanish
entirely.
Then
suddenly
it
would
resume
full
brilliance,
and
the
sight
was
marvelous
beyond
description.
A
slight
hissing
sound
came
from
the
direction
of
the
dome,
and
this
varied
in
intensity
as
did
the
light.
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