The Perfect World: A Romance of Strange People and Strange Places by Ella Scrymsour

Author:Ella Scrymsour [Scrymsour, Ella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781513272313
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Published: 2023-03-08T12:00:05+00:00

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THE PERFECT W O R L D

a small electric heater, Upon this he placed a quart metal bowl, into which he put the little cube. “ Very gentle heat at first, my dears ” said he Ah! ” as it

began to melt “ Now I think it’ s safe to put on full pressure ”

Fascinated they watched until the vessel became full of a sparkling, bubbling liquid, Turning on another

electric switch, he plunged a metal needle into the fluid. It belched forth a cloud of steam, hissed violently and then calmed down.

“ What ever is it? ” asked Mavis. For answer Sir John poured the liquid into three glasses and handed one to each.

“ Try it ” he suggested

” It’s quite cold.

That

was an electric needle which generates a coldness below freezing point ”

“ Another invention? ” this from Desmond.

“ Y e s ”

“ There’ s no smell ” said Mavis, as she delicately wrinkled her pretty nose.

“ And no taste ” averred Alan.

“ It reminds me of something ” said Desmond 1£ I’m sure I ’ve tasted something like it before ”

“ What is it, Uncle John?

D o tell us ” pleaded

Mavis,

Sir John laughed.

“ Water, my dear, just plain

water.

Desmond is quite right, he has tasted it before ”

“ Water ” said Alan in bewilderment “ but surely frozen water has a greater bulk than when it is in a liquid form ? ”

“ So it has, my boy.

But I call this ‘ concentrated

essence of water.’ There is enough in that cupboard to last eighteen months. O f course we should never want such a quantity, but the experiments pleased and cheered an old man in his loneliness ”

He then opened another press and showed that it was packed with concentrated tea, concentrated essence of beef and chicken, concentrated essence o f milk; it had everything in it that had been devised for reducing food bulk to the minimum with a maximum amount of caloric value.

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