[1] Kilad--unit introduced by the machines. Based on the duodecimal system, similarly introduced, as more logical, and more readily used. Thus we would have said 1728 kilads, about 1/2 mile. [2] One unit was equal to one earth-gravity. Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from _Amazing Stories_ March 1961 and was first published in _Amazing Stories_ August 1932. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed. Minor spelling and typographical errors have been corrected without note. End of Project Gutenberg's The Last Evolution, by John Wood Campbell