A Thousand Seconds in One
Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 2004, by Astounding Stories is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series. You can jump to any chapter in this book here. THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND - XXVII. — THE NEW ACCELERATOR.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 2004: THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND - XXVII. — THE NEW ACCELERATOR.
By H. G. Wells
Certainly, if ever a man found a guinea when he was looking for a pin, it is my good friend Professor Gibberne. I have heard before of investigators overshooting the mark, but never quite to the extent that he has done. He has really, this time at any rate, without any touch of exaggeration in the phrase, found something to revolutionise human life. And that when he was simply seeking an all-round nervous stimulant to bring languid people up to the stresses of these pushful days. I have tasted the...
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