[Ads-l] vacuum suit and other sf cites (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
william.d.mullins18.civ at MAIL.MIL
Fri May 29 22:08:23 UTC 2015
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Vacuum suit
OED SF project has 1930; no entry in OED
_Amazing Stories_ Apr 1926 v1n1 p 64 col 2
"The Professor next placed the transparent head gear over my head and secured it with attachments to my vacuum suit."
https://archive.org/stream/AmazingStoriesVolume01Number01#page/n64/mode/1up
Science fictioneer OED SF Project has 11/1940
_Amazing Stories_ Dec 1939 v13 n 12 p 131 col 1
"It attracted visitors from both ends of the nation -- attesting to the persistent popularity of the oldest amazing story in our adopted religious folklore recorded by that pioneer science fictioneer, Moses."
https://archive.org/details/Amazing_Stories_v13n12_1939-12.Ziff-Daviscape1736
aircab OED SF Project has 10/1940
_Amazing Stories_ Sep 1934 v9n5 p 119 col 1
"Dropping his aircab from the night traffic level and hovering over the place at dawn, Peyton could see nothing about it to justify the fears of his companion."
https://archive.org/stream/Amazing_Stories_Volume_9_Number_5_#page/n119/mode/2up/search/aircab
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