"I know—that much faith I have—but I'd not see the experiment."
"A good point. Anything else?"
"My watch. It is unique enough for me." He handed over the watch, which was quite sizable.
Tinkin inspected the watch and smiled. "Very old, isn't it? A real collector's item, I daresay."
Hamilton beamed. "There are nine of them in the Solar System," he said. "And I know where the other eight are."
"O.K., we'll put it on the top. I'll have to stop it, because the movement of the balance wheel would cause a rift during transmission."
"How about the spring tension?"
"No need to worry about that. We've sent loaded springs before. Now, people, stand back and we'll go on the air."
Don Channing himself inspected the machinery to see that nothing was wrong. He nodded at Walt Franks at the receiver, and then started the initial operations. "We are synchronizing the two machines," he said. "Absolute synchronization is necessary. Ready, Walt?"