Frank Stockton: Science Fiction Technology and Ideas

Frank Stockton:
Science Fiction Technology and Ideas

Frank Richard Stockton (b. 1834 – d. 1902) was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 19th century.

Invention/Technology	Source Work (Publication Date)
Automatic Shell A projectile that bores through obstacles - even the Earth!	The Great Stone of Sardis (1897)
Magnetic Shell A munition that is powerfully attracted to ferrous ships.	The Great Stone of Sardis (1897)
Photic Borer (Artesian Ray) A ray of energy that illuminates a cross-section of Earth as it goes through solid earth and rock.	The Great Stone of Sardis (1897)
Translatophone A device that performs mechanical translation of one language into another.	My Translatophone (1901)

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