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| Object-Finder Beam | ||
| A unique device that projected a beam that found what you wanted. |
Now, this is a handy device.
| Not knowing where the two ships were at the moment it was not difficult with the object-finder beam to discover their whereabouts, and then with the attractor to draw them to Tola magnetically. |
| Technovelgy from The Conquest of Gola,
by L.F. Stone. Published by Wonder Stories in 1931 Additional resources -
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If you could buy one of these, you would repay the cost from home use alone: car keys, lost remotes for your TV, socks, etc.
The rest of the story is very well-written; a "plot device" this clumsy just adds to the charm of the story.
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