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"

But

the

explosion

--

"

"

It

was

not

an

explosion

.

It

's

perfectly

simple

.

Only

,

as

I

say

,

I

'm

apt

to

overlook

these

little

things

.

It

's

that

zuzzoo

business

on

a

larger

scale

.

Inadvertently

I

made

this

substance

of

mine

,

this

Cavorite

,

in

a

thin

,

wide

sheet

...

"

He

paused

.

"

You

are

quite

clear

that

the

stuff

is

opaque

to

gravitation

,

that

it

cuts

off

things

from

gravitating

towards

each

other

?

"

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"

Yes

,

"

said

I.

"

Yes

.

"

"

Well

,

so

soon

as

it

reached

a

temperature

of

60

degrees

Fahrenheit

,

and

the

process

of

its

manufacture

was

complete

,

the

air

above

it

,

the

portions

of

roof

and

ceiling

and

floor

above

it

ceased

to

have

weight

.

I

suppose

you

know

--

everybody

knows

nowadays

--

that

,

as

a

usual

thing

,

the

air

has

weight

,

that

it

presses

on

everything

at

the

surface

of

the

earth

,

presses

in

all

directions

,

with

a

pressure

of

fourteen

and

a

half

pounds

to

the

square

inch

?

"

"

I

know

that

,

"

said

I.

"

Go

on

.

"

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"

I

know

that

too

,

"

he

remarked

.

"

Only

this

shows

you

how

useless

knowledge

is

unless

you

apply

it

.

You

see

,

over

our

Cavorite

this

ceased

to

be

the

case

,

the

air

there

ceased

to

exert

any

pressure

,

and

the

air

round

it

and

not

over

the

Cavorite

was

exerting

a

pressure

of

fourteen

pounds

and

a

half

to

the

square

inch

upon

this

suddenly

weightless

air

.

Ah

!

you

begin

to

see

!

The

air

all

about

the

Cavorite

crushed

in

upon

the

air

above

it

with

irresistible

force

.

The

air

above

the

Cavorite

was

forced

upward

violently

,

the

air

that

rushed

in

to

replace

it

immediately

lost

weight

,

ceased

to

exert

any

pressure

,

followed

suit

,

blew

the

ceiling

through

and

the

roof

off

...

"

You

perceive

,

"

he

said

,

"

it

formed

a

sort

of

atmospheric

fountain

,

a

kind

of

chimney

in

the

atmosphere

.

And

if

the

Cavorite

itself

had

n't

been

loose

and

so

got

sucked

up

the

chimney

,

does

it

occur

to

you

what

would

have

happened

?

"

I

thought

.

"

I

suppose

,

"

I

said

,

"

the

air

would

be

rushing

up

and

up

over

that

infernal

piece

of

stuff

now

.

"

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