The Time Machine

"What the time traveler held in his hand was a glittering framework of metal, hardly larger than a small watch, and very finely crafted. There was ivory on it and a transparent, crystalline substance. And now I must go into detail, because what follows is, unless you accept his explanation, something absolutely inexplicable. He took one of the small octagonal tables that stood around the room and placed it in front of the fire, with two feet on the hearth rug." Gr ls Classics - English Edition