It was a small metal box about eight by seven by four inches. The edges were all die-straight and the surfaces were as optically flat as Tom could determine without testing. The pushbutton was set flush with the surface, and made of the same metal as the box.
No other projection was evident.
But the button was accompanied with engraving cut in the metal of the front surface. It said:
BE AN ENGINEER!
Away with imagination! Be
practical! Dispense with
theory! Do nothing that
cannot be justified and
explained to perfection.
To succeed; to enjoy the
wonderful practicality
of the engineer—
PRESS HERE!
Poltergeist Conversion Co., Ltd.
Tom blinked and got the idea at once. The engineer knew. The physicist had dreamed up this thing; it must contain some sort of thing that caused the shift in personality at the physicist's will.
He took hold of it and lifted.
It slipped out of his fingers.