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| Electric Kitchen | ||
| Food preparation in space requires safe equipment. |
I don't know of an earlier picture of food preparation in space.
| All objects lost weight, apparently. Limbs became free and light, while there was no alteration in the muscular power which was attuned to terrestrial conditions.... A joyous condition commenced for the cook in the electric kitchen. He could now drop plates and cups as much as he pleased; they slowly floated down to the floor and were not broken.
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| Technovelgy from The Shot Into Infinity,
by Otto Willi Gail. Published by Science Wonder Quarterly in 1929 Additional resources -
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It should be noted that the people inside the ship move in the same weightless environment as those who venture outside the ship.
('The Shot into Infinity' by Otto Willi Gail)
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