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Mirror Menu
A menu appears on an upright display at the table in a restaurant.
(From Caesar's Column: A Story of the Twentieth Century [1890] by Ignatius Donnelly)
Mirror News DIsplay
The news of the day in a selected country is presented on a readable display before the reader.
(From Caesar's Column: A Story of the Twentieth Century [1890] by Ignatius Donnelly)
Gas-Accumulators
Storage for electricity enough to power a city.
(From Ralph 124c 41 + [1911] by Hugo Gernsback)
Huge Engine-Driven Aeroplane
Wings a thousand feet across.
(From When the Sleeper Wakes [1899] by H.G. Wells)
Wind Wheels
Gathering energy from the wind at a massive scale.
(From When the Sleeper Wakes [1899] by H.G. Wells)
Anticlamps
Padded clamps to restrain cabin crew under acceleration.
(From Saboteur of Space [1944] by Robert Abernathy)
Astrogator's Masking Goggles
Allows better viewing of astrogation charts and displays.
(From Saboteur of Space [1944] by Robert Abernathy)
Machine Music
Entertainment from the Great Machine.
(From The Machine Stops [1909] by E.M. Forster)
Soldier Robots
Autonomous mechanical military.
(From Saboteur of Space [1944] by Robert Abernathy)
Braking Drive
Coming to a stop in space.
(From Saboteur of Space [1944] by Robert Abernathy)
Meloderge
Automated music player.
(From Saboteur of Space [1944] by Robert Abernathy)
Solenoid Wickets
Great hoops of metal that guided, held and then shot ships into space.
(From Saboteur of Space [1944] by Robert Abernathy)
Breathing Balloon
Like a helmet, but rather than being solid it can pass some gases.
(From Get a Horse! [1969] by Larry Niven)
Flight Stick
A kind of flying device.
(From Get a Horse! [1969] by Larry Niven)
Heliodynamic Engine
A motor that runs directly off of solar power.
(From Saboteur of Space [1944] by Robert Abernathy)
Machines Take Over (Machines Rule Man)
Machines will inevitably rule over human beings.
(From Erewhon [1872] by Samuel Butler)
Electrical War Ship
A fleet of space craft designed for war.
(From Edison's Conquest of Mars [1898] by Garrett P. Serviss)
Robot Rights
Should robots have the rights of men?
(From The Trial of Adam Link, Robot [1939] by Eando Binder)
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