It was really appalling! Just look... "Look, Vladimir Ipatych!" Ivanov said, his eye glued to the microscope.
Look what's happening! They're growing be" fore my eyes... You must take a look..." "I've been observing them for three days," Persikov replied animatedly.
Then a conversation took place between the two scientists, the gist of which was as follows.
Decent Ivanov undertook with the help of lenses and mirrors to make a chamber in which they could obtain the ray in magnified form without a microscope.
Ivanov hoped, was even convinced, that this would be extremely simple.
He would obtain the ray, Vladimir Ipatych need have no doubts on that score.