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Vacuum-Cupped Sandals Used for walking in weightless environments.
(From Voyage 13 [1938] by Ray Cummings) |
Atoplane An airplane powered by nuclear energy, capable of tremendous speed and distance.
(From The Moon of Doom [1928] by Earl L. Bell) |
Mother World One's home planet, or the origin world of one's species.
(From The Moon of Doom [1928] by Earl L. Bell) |
Transparent Car Roof You can see through the roof of the car.
(From Sinister Barrier [1939] by Eric Frank Russell) |
Identification Ring An apparently ordinary ring, which minutely describes and identifies its wearer.
(From Sinister Barrier [1939] by Eric Frank Russell) |
Stereoscopic Vernier and Cube A means of photographing in depth.
(From Sinister Barrier [1939] by Eric Frank Russell) |
Ship's Telescope A large telescope built into the main axis of the ship.
(From A Daring Trip To Mars [1931] by Max Valier) |
Lightweight Vacuum Armor A simplified space suit, used where conditions were similar to Earth rather than in the more rigorous conditions of space.
(From Hotel Cosmos [1938] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
Space Madness The monotony of space travel could drive you crazy.
(From A Daring Trip To Mars [1931] by Max Valier) |
Selenium Photo-Electric Televisor A specialized photo-electric cell.
(From A Daring Trip To Mars [1931] by Max Valier) |
Ozone Radiation Shield Filling the gap between the inner and outer hull with ozone.
(From A Daring Trip To Mars [1931] by Max Valier) |
Filling Station Moon The idea that Man could first go to the Moon to obtain fuel or propellant.
(From A Daring Trip To Mars [1931] by Max Valier) |
Iron Inlay Plates Works perfectly with an electromagnetic table to maintain place settings.
(From A Daring Trip To Mars [1931] by Max Valier) |
Braking Disks Used when the ship is falling through a planetary atmosphere.
(From A Daring Trip To Mars [1931] by Max Valier) |
Solar Power Apparatus An ingenious device to gather solar energy, melt water, power a turbine and get hydrogen and oxygen fuel from ice.
(From A Daring Trip To Mars [1931] by Max Valier) |
Atomic Explosive A handheld bomb that melted its way into an armored door, then detonated.
(From Hotel Cosmos [1938] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
Proxy Robot A remote-controlled floating telepresence robot, for use by aliens who cannot share an atmosphere.
(From Hotel Cosmos [1938] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
Multispecies Hotel A hotel set up to serve beings from different planets.
(From Hotel Cosmos [1938] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
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