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1、ProblemoftheLostRadium ONEounceofradium!WithinhisopenpalmProfessorDexterheldpracticallytheworld’sentiresupplyofthatsingularandseeminglyinexhaustibleforcewhichwas,andis,oneofthegreatestofallscientificriddles.Sofarasknowntherewereonlyafewmoregrainsinexistence—fourintheCuriel
2、aboratoryinParis,twoinBerlin,twoinSt.Petersburg,oneatLelandStanfordUniversityandoneinLondon.Alltheremainderwashere—hereintheYarvardlaboratory,atinymasslumpedonasmallpieceofsteel.GazingatthisvastconcentratedpowerProfessorDexterwasalittleawedandalittleappalledattheresponsibi
3、litywhichhadsuddenlydevolveduponhim,naturallyenoughwiththisculminationofaprojectwhichhehadcherishedformonths.Brieflythishadbeentogatherintoonecohesivewholethemanyparticlesoftheprecioussubstancescatteredovertheworldforthepurposeofelaborateexperimentsastoitsmotivepowerpracti
4、cability.Nowhereitwas.Itsvalue,basedonscarcityofsupply,wasincalculable.Millionsofdollarswouldnotreplaceit.Minuteportionshadcomefromthefourquartersoftheglobe,ineachcasebyspecialmessenger,andeachseparategrainhadbeenheavilyinsuredbyLloyd’satastaggeringpremium.Itwasonlyaftermo
5、nthsoflabour,backedbytheinfluenceofthegreatuniversityofYarvardinwhichheheldthechairofphysics,thatProfessorDexterhadbeenabletoaccomplishhispurpose.Atleastonefamousnamehadbeenloanedtotheproposedexperiments,thatofthedistinguishedscientistandlogician,ProfessorAugustusS.F.X.Van
6、Dusen—socalledTheThinkingMachine.TheinterestofthismastermindintheworkwasatriumphforProfessorDexter,whowasyoungandcomparativelyunknown.Theelderscientist—TheThinkingMachine—wasacourtoflastappealinthesciencesandfromthemomenthisconnectionwithProfessorDexter’splanswasannouncedh
7、isfellowsallovertheworldhadbeenanxiouslyawaitingafirstword.Naturallythetaskofgatheringsogreataquantityofradiumhadnotbeenaccomplishedwithoutextensive,andsometimessensational,newspapercommentallovertheUnitedStatesandEurope.Itwasnotastonishing,thereforethatnewsofthereceiptoft
8、hefinalportionoftheradiumatYarvardhadbeenknowninthedailypressandwithitastatementthatProfe
