"The inventory says we have twelve Tectroscopes now; what do we need with four more?"
"Because we have more men."
Newton snorted. "Does each man need a complete set of laboratory equipment?"
"Not a complete set. But a thing like this—"
"I've been through there recently and found no less than eight of them not even turned on, let alone being used."
Mangler grunted. "It's not the constant use that demands extra equipment. It's the fact that it takes time for a man to run down what he needs, borrow it, set it up, and then return it."
"You'll have to continue that way for a bit; we're over our budget now."
"By forty thousand?"
"Almost."