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Science Fiction Collector, v. 4, issue 4, whole no. 22, September 1938

Page 5

S-F Collector      Page 5[?]

SHADOW
of
THINGS
to
COME

T. B. Yerke

No, this is not another attempt to forecast the next five years of the world's development, so don't turn away, yet. However, it has been said dozens of times that "Coming events cast their shadows before them." This can be true for the mechanical side of our development as well as the political or socialogical. Thusly, I have spent no little time delving into science articles dealing with new mechanical inventions, just in an effort to see what experts think our mechanical development will be. Please don't turn away yet either, for this is no enthusiastic description of the usual dream city. In fact, from these observations it seems that our dream city is farther in the future than any of us will live to see. However, following are a few excerpts of possible progress along the methods of transportation, ssa[?], air and land, though nothing about strat-ships, please.

In the nautical world it has long been acknowledged that the present screw propeller is sadly inefficient, though far superior to the old type of water wheel. Most of us remember the stir created a few years ago by the wind turbine boat, involving a tall pole-like turbine to use its sections on the air to propel the boat. This is too impractical because of the immense height of the pole on a large boart. However, a new idea has been

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S-F Collector Page 5[?] SHADOW of THINGS to COME T. B. Yerke No, this is not another attempt to forecast the next five years of the world's development, so don't turn away, yet. However, it has been said dozens of times that "Coming events cast their shadows before them." This can be true for the mechanical side of our development as well as the political or socialogical. Thusly, I have spent no little time delving into science articles dealing with new mechanical inventions, just in an effort to see what experts think our mechanical development will be. Please don't turn away yet either, for this is no enthusiastic description of the usual dream city. In fact, from these observations it seems that our dream city is farther in the future than any of us will live to see. However, following are a few excerpts of possible progress along the methods of transportation, ssa[?], air and land, though nothing about strat-ships, please. In the nautical world it has long been acknowledged that the present screw propeller is sadly inefficient, though far superior to the old type of water wheel. Most of us remember the stir created a few years ago by the wind turbine boat, involving a tall pole-like turbine to use its sections on the air to propel the boat. This is too impractical because of the immense height of the pole on a large boart. However, a new idea has been