If a scientifically trained observer sees a gun go off for the first time, he should be able-theoretically, anyway-to work out a formula for gunpowder. (Henry Kuttner)

If a scientifically trained observer sees a gun go off for the first time, he should be able-theoretically, anyway-to work out a formula for gunpowder.

Henry Kuttner

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