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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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As
Kendrick
prepared
to
test
this
delicate
apparatus
that
represented
so
much
of
his
time
and
thought,
held
so
much
of
his
hope
locked
up
in
it,
a
turmoil
was
in
his
heart,
though
his
brown
face
was
calm.
If
his
theories
were
right,
that
revolving
cross
would
tap
and
draw
into
its
vanes
radio-energetic
waves
of
force,
much
as
the
whirling
armature
of
a
dynamo
draws
into
its
coils
electro-magnetic
waves
of
force.
For
the
blackened
sides
of
the
vanes,
absorbing
more
radiation
than
the
bright
sides,
would
cause
the
molecules
to
rebound
from
the
warmer
surfaces
with
greater
velocity,
setting
up
an
alternate
pressure
and
bringing
the
rays
to
a
focus
on
the
cathode,
where
they
would
be
reflected
to
the
nib
as
waves
of
heatricity,
to
use
the
word
he
had
coined.
Those
were
Kendrick's
theories,
and
now
he
moved
to
put
them
to
the
supreme
test.
Switching
on
the
current,
he
set
the
motor
going.
In
response,
the
cross
began
to
revolve,
slowly
at
first--then
faster,
faster,
as
he
opened
the
rheostat
wider.
Eyes
fixed
on
his
resistance
coils,
he
gave
a
sudden
cry
of
triumph.
Yes,
there
was
no
doubt
about
it!
They
were
growing
red,
glowing
brightly,
whitely,
above
the
intense
desert
sunlight.
Here
was
a
means
of
convening
solar
radiation
into
heat,
then,
that
offered
tremendous
commercial
possibilities!
But
even
as
he
exulted,
there
came
a
blinding
flash--and
the
overtaxed
coils
burst
into
flame.
Shielding
his
eyes
from
the
glare,
he
reached
for
the
rheostat,
shut
off
the
current,
rushed
to
his
secondary
unit--where
he
beheld
an
amazing
sight.
Not
only
had
this
part
of
the
apparatus
completely
disintegrated,
but
the
sand
of
the
desert
floor
under
it
as
well.
On
the
spot
quivered
a
miniature
lake
of
molten
glass!
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