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The Vibrator of Death. By Harold F. Richards, PhD. Illustration by Frank R. Paul. The Table of Contents lists this as a scientific fiction story. See Image:Science and Invention Jan 1922 pg794.png A popular politician, Marie Denbaule, is murdered on a sabotaged amusement park ride. The story goes into great technical detail on how the ride was sped up shake Marie to death. The culprits are finally caught and more that a few fish die of mercury poisoning. The artwork shows Fran R. Paul's early background as a technical illustrator. This contrasts to his bug eyed monsters on some of the Amazing Stories covers. The writing style of the story shows the scientific and technical details Hugo Gernsback wanted from his "scientific fiction" authors. Science & Invention, January 1922. Volume 9 Number 9.
Published by Experimenter Publishing Company Inc. 233 Fulton Street, New York, NY. Hugo Gernsback, President; Sidney Gernsback, Treasure; R. W. DeMott, Secretary. The page numbers were on an annual basis, not per issue. This issue had pages 793 to 888. Page 824 is shown. The magazine size is 8 by 11.5 inches (20 by 29 cm). |
| Date | Magazine published January 1922, this page scanned July 2008. |
| Source | This page was scanned by User:Swtpc6800 on an Epson Perfection 1240U at 300 dpi with half-tone de-screening enabled and stored as TIFF. The image was cropped and touched up in Adobe Photo Elements 5.0. This copy saved as a 150 dpi PNG. |
| Author | Harold F. Richards, Illustration by Frank R. Paul. |
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