This baiting, by Flint, was a rare treat to him.
"Go on," commanded the Billionaire, in a badgering tone.

"What are the processes ?" He eyed Herzog as though the man had been an ox, a dog or even some inanimate object, coldly and with narrow-lidded condescension.
To him, in truth, men were no more than Shelley's "plow or sword or spade" for his own purpose--things to serve him and to be ruled--or broken--as best served his ends.

"Go on! Tell me what you know; and no more!" "Yes, sir," ventured Herzog.

"There are three processes to extract nitrogen and oxygen from air.

One is by means of what the German scientists call _Kalkstickstoff_, between calcium carbide and nitrogen, and the reaction-symbols are--" "No matter," Flint waived him, promptly.