<> [[... silly poems aside, would you care to explain this confounded contraption?]] <> [[Ah, so called because the quicksilver needed to project to the original metal is conveniently attached to the lead.]] <> [[... sounds like that's just attaching a quicksilver with extra steps.]] <> [[Ahhh, and that's why you call this the Reactive Representation.]] <> [[Impressive! ... well, except that you could probably make a cheaper counter by just rotating the wheel rather than projecting. Also it seems a bit big.]] <<... I'm going back to my office.>> [[Plenty of other work to do, I'm sure.]]