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Mail-Post Letter-Ball
A system of sending mail quickly from town to town via steam-cannon-powered hollow spheres. (Read the full article)
| "I am horrified to see this novel attributed to Henry Loudon. It was written by Jane C. Webb and published anonymously. Loudon had zero to do with it. It did lead to him meeting Jane and marrying her but this is like attributing all C. L. Moore work to Henry Kuttner." ( 10/27/2011 2:23:48 PM ) |
| "Calm down, I've corrected the error. This site has about 9,000 pages on 650 works by 250 authors, not to mention thousands of articles on a variety of science news topics. I'm not surprised to discover an error." (Bill Christensen 10/30/2011 10:59:06 AM ) |
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