“ The demonstrator looked around carefully, then pointed. "Strings!" he said. "Or rather a black thread. It runs from the top of the model, through a tiny loop in the ceiling, and back down to my hand—tied to this ring on my finger. When I back up—the model rises. It's as simple as that.""All good illusions are simple," the colonel grunted, tracing the black thread with his eye. "As long as there is plenty of flimflam to distract the viewer.""If you don't have a black table, a black cloth will do," the young man said. ”
Harry Harrison
Summary
“Toy Shop”, is a work by Harry Harrison. It explores elements such as model, demonstrator and coils.
Quotes from Toy Shop (Harry Harrison)
“ We've patented the coils and can prove to anyone that there is a reduction in weight around them when they are operating....""But a small reduction. And we don't know what is causing it. No one can be interested in a thing like that—a fractional weight decrease in a clumsy model, certainly not enough to lift the weight of the generator. No one wrapped up in massive fuel consumption, tons of lift and such is going to have time to worry about a crackpot who thinks he has found a minor slip in Newton's laws." ”
“ Well ... the Atomic Wonder Space Wave Tapper hangs onto those space waves. Invisibly all about us, and even going right through us, are the magnetic waves of the earth. The Atomic Wonder rides these waves just the way a ship rides the waves in the ocean. Now watch...."Every eye was on him as he put the gaudy model rocketship on top of the table and stepped back. ”
