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| Skew-Flip Turnover Used halfway to the destination by torch ships to slow for one's destination. (From Have Space Suit - Will Travel [1958] by Robert Heinlein) |
| Gyrocar Monorail A self-balancing vehicle. (From The Anarch [1944] by Malcolm Jameson) |
| Turnover The point in a torchship's trajectory when it must flip over and point its fiery tail toward its destination to decelerate. (From Off the Beam [1944] by George O. Smith) |
| Negative Acceleration Turning a torchship through a half-circle, thereby applying force in the direction of motion, slowing the ship down. (From Skylark of Space [1928] by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
| Cyclotronic Ore-Hurler Using the magnetic properties of an asteroid to send ore hurling across space! (From Exit From Asteroid 60 [1940] by D.L. James) |
| Voder Device that produces speech by purely mechanical means. (From Exit From Asteroid 60 [1940] by D.L. James) |
| Electro-Binox Binoculars with electronic focusing. (From A Specter is Haunting Texas [1968] by Fritz Leiber) |
| Forward Warehousing Using the trunks of cars as little warehouses. (From Stealing Worlds [2019] by Karl Schroeder) |
| Trans-Oceanic Rocket Ship Rocket-propelled airplanes making short work of long trips on Earth. (From Berlin to New York in One Hour [1930] by Max Valier) |
| Ray-Pistol An early version of the raygun. (From The War of the Planets [1929] by Harl Vincent) |
| Space-Tent A small, portable air-tight structure used on the lunar surface. (From The Lunar Chrysalis [1931] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| Cosmoquake Gravity waves ripple across the solar system. (From Things Pass By [1945] by Murray Leinster) |
| Magno-Bars Electromagnet-tipped rods used by meteor miners to capture iron-rich asteroids in space. (From The Meteor Miners [1935] by L.A. Eshbach) |
| Meteor Swarm Mining A fleet of ships hunting for meteoric iron - in space! (From The Meteor Miners [1935] by L.A. Eshbach) |
| Nutrient Gelatin Tank Essential hardware for creating a new, improved humanity - isotope men! (From The Isotope Men [1936] by Nat Schachner) |
| Telepadion Instructor A device that places an entire sensory experience directly into the brain. (From An Adventure on Eros [1931] by J. Harvey Haggard) |
| Aliens Speak English The skeleton men of Mercury speak English, but have a good reason for it. (From The Mines of Haldar [1934] by Maurice G. Hugi) |
| Space-Sailor A spaceman; someone who makes his living by voyaging in space. (From The Star-Roamers [1933] by Edmond Hamilton) |
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