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Tom Lionel removed his finger from the button and swore. He used an
engineer's ability to remember and then to improvise and from there
he took up the job of invention. His swearing did him good. At least
he forgot to worry about the tungsten box. He'd find that one out
eventually, anyway.
And, furthermore, its trial by fire and water had damaged it in
absolutely no way.
Q.E.D., here he was again!
He looked further. It was not like the physicist to just do this. There
must be other information pertaining to the problem that the engineer
had left. He went into the living room of his house and sought the
desk. There was more of it, anyway.
The title page of the manuscript read:
MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS OF
OBSERVATIONAL DATA MADE
DURING THE MANIFESTATION
OF FORCES OPERATING IN A
NEW FIELD OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE.
By Thomas Lionel, Ph.D., M.M.
Consulting Engineer.