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Husk of an Atom A negative universe substance.
(From The Roaring Blot [1936] by Frank Belknap Long, Jr.) |
Shovel-Handed Digging Machines Huge multi-legged machines used to dig and manipulate earth.
(From The Onslaught From Venus [1929] by Frank Phillips) |
Sounding Projectile Provides a way to tell whether there’s a soldid surface on a cloudy planet.
(From Mad Robot [1936] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
Boring Heat Machine Takes tunnel boring material and turns it into building material.
(From The Onslaught From Venus [1929] by Frank Phillips) |
Quench Field Stopped runaway nuclear reactions by quenching the cascades of neutrons.
(From The Purple Light [1941] by E. Waldo Hunter) |
Terrafoam Dorm Building Maximum people in minimum space.
(From Manna [2002] by Marshall Brain) |
Cubic City A city contained in a single, immense building.
(From The Cubic City [1929] by Louis Tucker, D.D.) |
Sunparlor A vast esplanade enclosed in glass, to permit sunbathing without leaving an immense building.
(From The Cubic City [1929] by Louis Tucker, D.D.) |
Helium Tubes Lighting that exactly mimics the frequencies of sunlight.
(From The Cubic City [1929] by Louis Tucker, D.D.) |
Inurbanity (Inurbane) Criminal penalties for persons who are unable to behave properly in crowded cubic cities.
(From The Cubic City [1929] by Louis Tucker, D.D.) |
Porter Televox-Robot A robot that carries your bags through the passageways of space liners.
(From On Board the Martian Liner [1931] by Miles J. Breuer) |
Rust Ray Pistol Makes the hardest steel or iron crumbly.
(From Gambler’s Asteroid [1944] by Manly Wade Wellman) |
Wandering Sunless Planet A planet that is not bound to a star.
(From Dead Hand [1946] by Isaac Asimov) |
Radiation-Proof Oxygen Suit A specialized space suit for use in radium mining on Jupiter.
(From Red Storm on Jupiter [1936] by Frank Belknap Long, Jr.) |
Jupiter Mining Shoes Specialized footgear for walking on the Great Red Spot.
(From Red Storm on Jupiter [1936] by Frank Belknap Long, Jr.) |
Sun-Room On a planet-wide city, the only way to get some sun without going to the roof.
(From Foundation [1951] by Isaac Asimov) |
Foam Station Sprayer A device that stills the stormy Great Red Spot on Jupiter.
(From Red Storm on Jupiter [1936] by Frank Belknap Long, Jr.) |
Molecule Replacement Lamp A means of attaining practical invisibility.
(From Red Storm on Jupiter [1936] by Frank Belknap Long, Jr.) |
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