"Meanwhile, Steve, we'll check a few items on the drive itself. I'm beginning to suspect a huge and celestial soak-up of gravitic power in the region of Telfu."
"We can set up the small, experimental drive-model complete with power recorders, spring balances, and torque measuring devices and work on that."
"Swell. That's the ticket. Let's go."
Hammond hauled the model from the cabinet and plugged in a complex cable from the master control panel. He juggled the dials until the gadget started to work, and then they began to check the efficiency of the device.
McBride muttered: "Power generating equipment is running O.K."
"Yeah," agreed Hammond. "Everything's on the beam from the explosion chamber to the inverted alphatron. We've got plenty of potential power handy. Larry, zoop in close and check the power equipment on a pure, resistive load."
"You mean shut off the drive and coast through the zero region with no drive and with the gravitron running at full output on resistance load?"