Arthur J. Burks
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| anti-gravitational adj. | 1938 The Challenge of Atlantis in Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct. 58/1 Their spherical planes, flown by antigravitational force, shot into the air, and scattered immediately, to form in threatening squadrons over the four army divisions guarding the Death Valley ‘exit’. |
| atomic engine n. | 1927 Invading Horde in Weird Tales Nov. 590/1 The motive power is supplied by a small, compact, atomic engine. |
| space legs n. | 1938 Hell Ship in Astounding Science-Fiction Aug. 23/1 Someone proposed that, as an inducement to passengers in the future, one stop in mid-space should be made on every voyage, to show everybody what it was really like to get ‘space-legs.’ |
| star lane n. | 1939 Follow the Bouncing Ball in Astounding Science-Fiction Mar. 49/1 [He] was down in the engine room at the very bottom of the egg-shaped mighty ship—or rather it had once been mighty, before the real speedy monsters of the star lanes had been built. |
| telescreen n. | 1938 Challenge of Atlantis in Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct. 52/1 Floods, fires, hold-ups, sports events—nothing escaped the all-seeing powers of the telescreens. |