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| 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) |
| 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) |
| Polyceltron Iconoscope Televisor A portable camera and microphone setup that could broadcast on-the-spot news. (From Newscast [1939] by Harl Vincent) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Autonomous Digging Machine A mechanical device able to excavate on its own. (From The War of the Worlds [1898] by H.G. Wells) |
| Flexible Metal Arms (Tentacles) An interesting description of how mechanical tentacles might function. (From The Metal Giants [1926] by Edmond Hamilton) |
| Directed Cars in Tunnels Self-driving vehicles. (From The Lord of Tranerica [1939] by Stanton A. Coblentz) |
| Glass Pistol A clear glass gun that fires poisoned splinters. (From A Martian Odyssey [1934] by Stanley G. Weinbaum) |
| Horsten Psychomat Re-creates a mental scene for the viewer. (From The Worlds of If [1935] by Stanley G. Weinbaum) |
| Healing Crystal A small object that burns off diseased tissue, leaving healthy tissue unharmed. (From A Martian Odyssey [1934] by Stanley G. Weinbaum) |
| Manshell A spaceship large enough for just one man; also an escape pod. (From Sunward Flight [1943] by Leo Zagat) |
| Space-Dory A small spacecraft sometimes used as a life boat. (From Asteroid Justice [1947] by V.E. Thiessen) |
| Shipboard Medical Treatment An elaborate system to guard against infection in returning space explorers. (From Contagion [1950] by Katherine MacLean) |
| Illyrion Super-heavy and super-stable elements with atomic numbers greater than 296. (From Nova [1968] by Samuel R. Delany) |
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