"Huh?" asked Don, coming to life once more.
"In plain, unvarnished words of one cylinder, what is that ... that, that?"
"Oh, you mean the transmission tube?"
"How do you do?" said Arden to the big tube. "Funny-looking thing, not like any transmitting tube I've ever seen before."
"Not a transmitting tube," explained Channing. "It is one of those power transmission tubes that Baler and Carroll found on the Martian desert."
"I presume that is why the etch says: 'Made by Terran Electric, Chicago'?"
Channing laughed. "Not one found—there was only one found. This is a carbon copy. They are going to revolutionize the transmission of power with 'em."
"Funny-looking gadget."
"Not so funny. Just alien."
"Know anything about it?"