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| 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) |
| 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.) |
| Cubic City A city contained in a single, immense building. (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.) |
| Helium Tubes Lighting that exactly mimics the frequencies of sunlight. (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) |
| 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.) |
| Wandering Sunless Planet A planet that is not bound to a star. (From Dead Hand [1946] by Isaac Asimov) |
| 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.) |
| Implanted Comlink Transceiver inserted below the skin. (From Savior [2004] by Nancy Kress) |
| Teaching Machine A helmet placed on the head focuses illimitable knowledge into even the head of an earth man. (From The Return of the Murians [1936] by Nat Schachner) |
| Golden Ray of Synchronized Vibrations Disrupts matter by hurling electrons out of their energy states and scattering them. (From The Return of the Murians [1936] by Nat Schachner) |
| Delivery Robot A small autonomous device that will bring goods directly to a person or place. (From Podkayne of Mars [1962] by Robert Heinlein) |
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