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Radium-Action Lighter
A personal device used to ignite tobacco products.
(From The Worlds of Tomorrow [1940] by Manly Wade Wellman)
Pocket-Caller
Private communication device that fits in your pocket.
(From The Worlds of Tomorrow [1940] by Manly Wade Wellman)
Rocket Cruiser
A privately owned space ship.
(From The Worlds of Tomorrow [1940] by Manly Wade Wellman)
Rocket-Belt
A single-user propulsion pack.
(From The Worlds of Tomorrow [1940] by Manly Wade Wellman)
Electro-Automatic Pistol
Circular, pocket-sized weapon.
(From The Worlds of Tomorrow [1940] by Manly Wade Wellman)
Atom-Shifter
A device that 'softens' matter, making it possible for a person to pass through.
(From The Worlds of Tomorrow [1940] by Manly Wade Wellman)
Smother-Charge
Molecularly-gimmicked explosive.
(From My Name is Legion [1976] by Roger Zelazny)
Space-Helmet
A 'fishbowl-style' head covering for space explorers.
(From The Sargasso of Space [1931] by Edmond Hamilton)
Spaceyacht
Interplanetary spacecraft for the well-to-do.
(From The Sargasso of Space [1931] by Edmond Hamilton)
Metal BIrds
Surveillance robots that carried weapons, in addition to using their metal bodies.
(From Vulcan's Hammer [1956] by Philip K. Dick)
Beam-Pistol
A handheld ray gun.
(From Murder in the Void [1938] by Edmond Hamilton)
Walker Wagon
Robotic vehicle with a trough-like body and many mechanical legs.
(From Farmer in the Sky [1950] by Robert Heinlein)
Interplanetary Passport
Required document for space travelers.
(From Murder in the Void [1938] by Edmond Hamilton)
Hand-Rocket
A handheld device that used reaction matter to aid explorers in space suits to move around easily in zero gee.
(From Murder in the Void [1938] by Edmond Hamilton)
Space Lock
An airlock on a spacecraft.
(From The Black Star Passes [1930] by John W. Campbell)
Pressure Curtain
A force field that creates a barrier that people can pass through but air cannot - an airlock in a spacecraft.
(From The Mote in God's Eye [1974] by Larry Niven (w/J. Pournelle))
Invisible Watchmen
Automated 'home security' sentry system that targets and eliminates intruders.
(From Murder in the Void [1938] by Edmond Hamilton)
Space-Tanned
The characteristic darkening of the men of the spaceways.
(From Slaves of Mercury [1932] by Warren Hammond)
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