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   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2019-02-27 00:47:24 +0000, Mike Van Pelt said:   
   > In article ,   
   > Michael Black   wrote:   
   >> But a lot of early SF writers were quite capable.  They were either   
   >> hobbyists of some sort, or actual scientists (Doc Smith comes to   
   >> mind, a chemist in the baking field if I remember).   
   >   
   > Specifically, one of his inventions was finding out how to   
   > make powdered sugar stick to a powdered sugar donut.   
      
   Glue.  ;-)   
      
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