Waldron, despite his assumed nonchalance, felt the hunting thrill of Wall street, the quick stab of exultation when victory seemed well in hand.
"These bottles," said Herzog, "are double, constructed on the principle of the Thermos bottle.

They will keep the liquid gases I shall show you, for days.

Huge tanks could be built on the same principle.

In a short time, gentlemen, you can handle tons of these gases, if you like--thousands of tons, unlimited tons.
"The Siemens and Halske people, and the Great Falls, S.C., plant, will be mere puttering experimenters beside you.

For neither they nor any other manufacturers have any knowledge of the vital process--my secret, polarizing transformer, which does the work in one-tenth the time and at one-hundredth the cost of any other known process.