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| Space Dock Like a port for spacecraft; they can deliver their passengers and cargo. (From Diamond Planetoid [1937] by Gordon A. Giles) |
| Moon-Terror A syndrome common to people who live in less than half Earth-normal gravity. (From Star of Dreams [1941] by Jack Williamson) |
| Artificially Produced Speech Speech produced by mechanical means, rather than with vocal chords. (From Hotel Cosmos [1938] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| Geodesic Inflexors Propulsion provided not by pushing against matter, but against spacetime. (From Star of Dreams [1941] by Jack Williamson) |
| Etherphone Receiver A special earpiece to hear coded updates. (From Hotel Cosmos [1938] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| Chardion Field Electronic 'envelope' that retained atmosphere on tiny worldlets. (From Star of Dreams [1941] by Jack Williamson) |
| Daisy Projector Beam of energy penetrates the Heaviside layer to enable communication from planet to planet. (From The Derelicts of Ganymede [1932] by John W. Campbell) |
| Plastotek False skin disguise. (From Menace From Vega [1958] by Robert Randall) |
| Thought-Record Helmet A wearable history book. (From Menace From Vega [1958] by Robert Randall) |
| Atmospherics Switchboard Make sure each hotel room has the right atmosphere from the right planet. (From Lie on the Beam [1941] by John Victor Peterson) |
| Robot Wheel An enormous vehicular robot in the shape of a gigantic wheel. (From The Metal Giants [1926] by Edmond Hamilton) |
| Tentacle Machines Enormous robots, cylindrical of body, tentacular of arms, autonomous of brain, sinister of intent. (From The Metal Giants [1926] by Edmond Hamilton) |
| Air-Freighter Cargo Plane An enormous airplane used for transporting cargo across the country. (From The Invisible Raiders [1929] by Ed Earl Repp) |
| Ostler Insulation Beam A beam of energy stretching from one planet to another that protects space craft from radiation. (From The Radium World [1932] by Frank K. Kelly) |
| Polyceltron Iconoscope Televisor A portable camera and microphone setup that could broadcast on-the-spot news. (From Newscast [1939] by Harl Vincent) |
| Light Beam Propulsion (Light-Ship) Use of brilliant light as motive power for a space ship. (From The Radium World [1932] by Frank K. Kelly) |
| Luminous Stake-Markers Illuminated pole designating a staked claim on the surface of a planet, moon or asteroid. (From The Radium World [1932] by Frank K. Kelly) |
| Landing-Cradle A supporting structure for a space craft landing on a planetary surface. (From The Radium World [1932] by Frank K. Kelly) |
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