:23:00
Oh, no... Not at all.
I'll come at once.
:23:03
Oh, aren't you coming
Mademoiselle?
:23:05
Well, if I may?
:23:05
You don't mind...
:23:06
No. No. I'll be delighted.
:23:08
I came upon it quite by accident
:23:09
I think you'll agree that it is
very extraordinary...
:23:12
What is this thing...
:23:13
Well, what did you see?
:23:14
You have taken
the picture of a key apparently.
:23:17
Yes, the picture of a key.
:23:19
But that picture
of a key was taken...
:23:21
in a very extraordinary manner.
:23:24
The picture of that key
was taken
in complete and total darkness
:23:27
without light of any kind.
:23:30
But, how was that possible?
:23:32
Some months ago
:23:33
I had the idea that perhaps
certain rocks and minerals
:23:36
might store applied energy
from the sun
:23:38
that if I left
the rocks and minerals
:23:39
in the sun long enough
:23:40
they might absorbed
some of its rays
:23:41
and then later, give them out.
:23:43
So I make some
photographic experiments
:23:45
You see these rocks
:23:46
they're all different kinds
of minerals
:23:48
I labeled them as you see
:23:49
and left them outside
in the sun for several hours.
:23:52
Then I put them in this drawer
:23:54
on photographic plates like this
:23:56
and then I waited to see
:23:58
if they would give out
any sunlight
:23:59
they might have absorbed.
:24:00
I see. And your experiment
was a success.
:24:02
To the contrary, my experiment
was a complete failure.
:24:05
Not one of the rocks
I have exposed to the sun
:24:07
affected the plates in anyway.
:24:08
See, there they are.
They're all black
:24:09
every one of them.
:24:10
Then how did you explain...
:24:11
Now, look at this one, please.
:24:13
That has been exposed
am I right?
:24:15
Light has reached
:24:16
Oh, yes. That has been exposed.
:24:18
This plate was lying
in this drawer quite by accident.
:24:22
I didn't even know it was there.
:24:24
It's the drawer that I keep
some of my specimens in.
:24:26
And when I was putting my rocks
back into the drawer
:24:28
one of them must have fallen
on this plate
:24:30
without my knowing it.
:24:31
I discovered it yesterday.
:24:33
This is the rock that
I have not yet exposed to the sun
:24:36
it's a piece of mineral
called pitch blende.
:24:41
To be sure
there could be no mistake
:24:43
last night I myself
hide in this room
:24:45
in complete darkness.
:24:46
Took this rock, which had never
been exposed to the sun
:24:48
and placed it
on a photographic plate.
:24:52
I put this metal key
between the stone
:24:55
and the plate like this
:24:58
so that it would be photographed
:24:59
if any light rays
came from the stone.