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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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"Marvelous--marvelous!"
declared
Blake.
"But
that
heat
ray,
Professor.
That
sounds
bad.
You
are
convinced
it
is
as
powerful
as
they
make
out!"
"Positively!
That
blast
they
let
go
in
the
desert
would
have
utterly
destroyed
New
York."
"Hm!
Yes,
no
doubt
you're
right.
I
fully
realize
how
the
fearful
menace
of
this
thing.
Do
you
think
the
military
authorities
will
be
able
to
cope
with
it?"
"I
don't
know.
Perhaps,
if
they
are
prompt
enough."
"And
is
there
no
other
way--no
scientific
way?"
Kendrick
grew
thoughtful.
"I
wonder,"
he
said
at
last.
"There's
just
a
possibility--something
running
through
my
mind--an
experiment
I'd
like
to
make,
if
I
had
the
facilities
of
some
large
electrical
laboratory."
"You
shall
have
them
to-morrow!"
Blake
promised.
"I'm
one
of
the
directors
of
Consolidated
Electric.
Their
experimental
laboratory
in
Brooklyn
is
the
finest
of
its
kind
in
America.
I'll
see
that
you
have
the
run
of
it."
"That
will
be
very
kind,"
said
Kendrick.
"But
don't
expect
anything
to
come
from
it,
necessarily.
It's
just
a
theory
I
want
to
work
out."
A
butler
entered
at
this
moment
and
announced
dinner.
"Well,
theories
are
mighty
these
days!"
beamed
Blake,
as
they
rose,
clapping
the
younger
man
on
the
shoulder.
"You
go
ahead
with
your
theories--and
I'll
bring
a
few
facts
to
bear.
To-morrow
noon
I'll
escore
some
military
men
and
others
of
my
friends
over
to
the
laboratory
to
hear
and
see
something
of
this
menace
direct.
Meanwhile,
and
during
this
crisis,
it
will
honor
me
to
have
you
as
my
guest."
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