Frankenstein Unbound
“They were well-lit. The few windows we passed were blocked up, so as to prevent light from escaping. The first floor was full of machines, most noticeably a steam engine with rocking beam. This powered a number of small engines with gleaming copper coils. It was only later, when I had the chance of a closer look, that I realized these smaller machines were generating electricity for the tower. Steam-driven pistons turned horseshoe magnets which rotated inside the coils, to generate alternating ...current. Although my history was vague on the point, I believed that Victor was—in this development as elsewhere—some decades ahead of his time.
The floor above contained Victor’s living quarters. Here he bid me stay, saying that there was only the laboratory overhead, and that he did not wish me to enter there. While he went ahead to direct Yet, I looked about me.
His quarters were unremarkable. I noted a few handsome items of furniture—a desk and a carved fourposter among a welter of packing cases and paper.MoreLess
The floor above contained Victor’s living quarters. Here he bid me stay, saying that there was only the laboratory overhead, and that he did not wish me to enter there. While he went ahead to direct Yet, I looked about me.
His quarters were unremarkable. I noted a few handsome items of furniture—a desk and a carved fourposter among a welter of packing cases and paper.MoreLess
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