H. G. Wells
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11 First Quotations from H. G. Wells
| ant-man n. | 1901 First Men in Moon xxii. 272 These ant-like beings, these ant-men. |
| atomic engine n. | 1914 Last War in the World in Century Magazine Feb. iii. 571/1 The swift aëroplane, with its atomic engine as noiseless as a dancing sunbeam. |
| dimension n. | 1896 The Plattner Story in New Review (#83) Apr. 352 To put the thing in technical language, the curious inversion of Plattner’s right and left sides is proof that he has moved out of our space into what is called the Fourth Dimension, and that he has returned again to our world. |
| Earthward adv. | 1898 The War of the Worlds I. i. 10 And, all unsuspected, those missiles the Martians had fired at us drew earthward, rushing now at a pace of many miles a second through the empty gulf of space, hour by hour and day by day, nearer and nearer. |
| heat ray n. | 1897 War of Worlds vi, in Pearson’s Magazine May 492/1 Only the fact that a hummock of heathery sand intercepted the lower part of the Heat Ray saved them. |
| parallel universe n. | 1923 Men Like Gods v. 51 We accept your main proposition unreservedly; namely, that we conceive ourselves to be living in a parallel universe to yours, on a planet the very brother of your own, indeed quite amazingly like yours, having regard to all the possible contrasts we might have found here. |
| ray n. | 1897 War of Worlds vi, in Pearson’s Magazine May 492/1 Only the fact that a hummock of heathery sand intercepted the lower part of the Heat Ray saved them. |
| somewhen adv. | 1894 Refinement of Humanity in National Observer 21 Apr. 582/1 ‘But,’ said the medical man, ‘even if man in the future no longer need [sic] strength to fight against other men or beasts, he will still need a sufficient physique to resist disease.’ ‘That is the queer thing,’ said the Time Traveller; ‘there was no disease. Somewhen between now and then your sanitary science must have won the battle it is beginning now. Bacteria, or at least all disease causing bacteria, must have been exterminated. I can explain it in no other way.[’] |
| time machine n. | 1894 in National Observer 17 Mar. 472/2 (title) The time machine. |
| time traveller n. | 1894 Refinement of Humanity in National Observer 21 Apr. 582/1 ‘But,’ said the medical man, ‘even if man in the future no longer need [sic] strength to fight against other men or beasts, he will still need a sufficient physique to resist disease.’ ‘That is the queer thing,’ said the Time Traveller; ‘there was no disease. Somewhen between now and then your sanitary science must have won the battle it is beginning now. Bacteria, or at least all disease causing bacteria, must have been exterminated. I can explain it in no other way.[’] |
| time-travelling n. | 1894 in National Observer 17 Mar. 446/2 (heading) Time travelling: possibility or paradox. |