Slightly mad scientist Burman invents a time machine that lets him see the future, from whence he brings back other inventions including a swarm of reproducing mechanical beasties.
I pinched the idea. What makes it madder is that I wasn’t quite sure of what I was stealing, and, crazier still, I don’t know from whence I stole it.

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  1. “The Mechanical Mice” by Eric Frank Russell, Astounding, January 1941.
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Eric Frank Russell