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| Identification Ring An apparently ordinary ring, which minutely describes and identifies its wearer. (From Sinister Barrier [1939] by Eric Frank Russell) |
| Mother World One's home planet, or the origin world of one's species. (From The Moon of Doom [1928] by Earl L. Bell) |
| Ship's Telescope A large telescope built into the main axis of the ship. (From A Daring Trip To Mars [1931] by Max Valier) |
| Braking Disks Used when the ship is falling through a planetary atmosphere. (From A Daring Trip To Mars [1931] by Max Valier) |
| Selenium Photo-Electric Televisor A specialized photo-electric cell. (From A Daring Trip To Mars [1931] by Max Valier) |
| Filling Station Moon The idea that Man could first go to the Moon to obtain fuel or propellant. (From A Daring Trip To Mars [1931] by Max Valier) |
| Iron Inlay Plates Works perfectly with an electromagnetic table to maintain place settings. (From A Daring Trip To Mars [1931] by Max Valier) |
| Ozone Radiation Shield Filling the gap between the inner and outer hull with ozone. (From A Daring Trip To Mars [1931] by Max Valier) |
| Space Madness The monotony of space travel could drive you crazy. (From A Daring Trip To Mars [1931] by Max Valier) |
| Lightweight Vacuum Armor A simplified space suit, used where conditions were similar to Earth rather than in the more rigorous conditions of space. (From Hotel Cosmos [1938] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| Proxy Robot A remote-controlled floating telepresence robot, for use by aliens who cannot share an atmosphere. (From Hotel Cosmos [1938] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| Atomic Explosive A handheld bomb that melted its way into an armored door, then detonated. (From Hotel Cosmos [1938] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| Solar Power Apparatus An ingenious device to gather solar energy, melt water, power a turbine and get hydrogen and oxygen fuel from ice. (From A Daring Trip To Mars [1931] by Max Valier) |
| Daisy Projector Beam of energy penetrates the Heaviside layer to enable communication from planet to planet. (From The Derelicts of Ganymede [1932] by John W. Campbell) |
| Moon-Terror A syndrome common to people who live in less than half Earth-normal gravity. (From Star of Dreams [1941] by Jack Williamson) |
| Geodesic Inflexors Propulsion provided not by pushing against matter, but against spacetime. (From Star of Dreams [1941] by Jack Williamson) |
| Chardion Field Electronic 'envelope' that retained atmosphere on tiny worldlets. (From Star of Dreams [1941] by Jack Williamson) |
| Ether-Traffic The communications spectrum of the solar system. (From The Duel on the Asteroid [1932] by P. Schuyler Miller (w/D. McDermott)) |
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