pressor ray n.
Rare.
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1942
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Ross Rocklynne
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With a modification of the pressor ray, the ships would pulverize those fragments into clouds of dust.
Day of the Cloud in Startling Stories Nov. 80/2 -
1951
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George O. Smith
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The squadron retreated, forming its shape as it went, until firm pressor rays behind the out-flung planes felt for and caught the core of Sanaronโs outermost planet.
Black Alarm in Science Fiction Quarterly Nov. 54/1
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1960
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Kenneth Bulmer
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The guard stopped them with a pressor ray as their feet hit an orange painted area six yards square. They stood, leaning forward, invisibly supported.
Fatal Fire in New Worlds Science Fiction July 14
Research requirements
antedating 1942
Earliest cite
Ross Rocklynne, 'Abyss of Darkness'
Research History
Fred Galvin submitted a 1942 cite from Ross Rocklynne's "Abyss of Darkness".Bee Ostrowsky submitted a 1951 cite from George O. Smith.
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