Gawain Edwards

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ether radio n. 1930 ‘G. Edwards’ A Rescue from Jupiter in Science Wonder Stories Mar. viii. 915/2 It was only upon their attempted return that we again caught sight of them. Their ether radio signals caught our attention long before any telescope could be expected to catch sight of them. Something had gone wrong. Through a miscalculation, they were being drawn into the sun! [Footnote] The ether radio capable of penetrating the Heaviside Layer that had defied the ancients of the 20th to the 25th centuries was devised by Bartlett Graham in 2512.
porthole n. 1931 ‘G. Edwards’ Return from Jupiter in Wonder Stories Mar. 1062/2 It was a space-car, long, swift, gleaming in the pale light of the distant sun like a cartridge of stainless steel. On either side was a row of round portholes through which the occupants could look out into space.
space navigator n. 1930 ‘G. Edwards’ Rescue from Jupiter in Wonder Stories Feb. 778/1 He called the explorers in, the mechanics and engineers, the space-navigators and the rocket-experts.
Tellurian n. 1930 ‘G. Edwards’ A Rescue from Jupiter in Science Wonder Stories Feb. 787/1 There is a mystery in Tellus which has not been solved. I cannot reconcile the disappearance of all its water and its race of men as well, with the legend preserved in our family that, not so very long ago, Tellurians visited us, staying beneath this very roof as guests. Why did the Earth-race die out so quickly?
Tellurian adj. 1930 ‘G. Edwards’ A Rescue From Jupiter in Science Wonder Stories Feb. 778/1 I spread my wings and brought it here to you, as swiftly as I could pass through the Tellurian air.
Tellus n. 1930 ‘G. Edwards’ A Rescue from Jupiter in Science Wonder Stories Feb. 787/1 There is a mystery in Tellus which has not been solved. I cannot reconcile the disappearance of all its water and its race of men as well, with the legend preserved in our family that, not so very long ago, Tellurians visited us, staying beneath this very roof as guests. Why did the Earth-race die out so quickly?
Tellus n. 1930 ‘G. Edwards’ Rescue from Jupiter in Science Wonder Stories Feb. 775/1 When the first explorers from the planet Jupiter, which they called Pleida reached the planet Tellus (which its former inhabitants had called Earth) they found there little to recommend it.