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Excerpt from The Librarian at Play
I took one Of the little instruments and examined it. Hardly over an inch long, with its glass tube and scale, it resembled a tiny thermometer. The figures and letters were SO small that I could not make them out, though they became clear enough through a reading-glass.
Interest gauges, I remarked, sounds like something connected with banks. I should think you could find a better name. Who invented them?
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