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Death ray

The death ray or death beam is a theoretical particle beam or electromagnetic weapon first theorized around the 1920s and 1930s. Around that time, inventors such as Guglielmo Marconi, Nikola Tesla, Harry Grindell Matthews, Edwin R. Scott, Erich Graichen and others claimed to have invented it independently. In 1957, the National Inventors Council was…

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Death ray

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related to history · 19
Death ray → All, British Air Ministry, Charles, Detroit, Earth, Edwin, Harry Grindell-Matthews, He, In, Many, My, New York City, Nikola Tesla, Rays, San Francisco, Scott, Steinmetz, Tesla, The
related to In science fiction · 18
Death ray → Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy's, Flash Gordon, George Lucas's, German, In Alfred Noyes, Later, Mardok, Murderers' Row, No Other Man, Similar, Star Wars, The, The Garin Death Ray, The Last Man, The War, US, Wells, Worlds
related to Further reading · 12
Death ray → August, Death Rays, Directed Energy Weapons, Fact, Fanning Jr, Fiction, Film, ISBN, McFarland, Popular Media, Study, William

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Guglielmo Marconiinstance ofinventors0.80text
Nikola Teslainstance ofinventors0.80text
Harry Grindell Matthewsinstance ofinventors0.80text
Edwin Rinstance ofinventors0.80text
Flash Gordoninstance ofscience fiction introduced the concept of the handheld raygun used by fictional characters0.80text
Murderers' Rowinstance ofSimilar weapons are found in spy-fi films0.80text
George Lucas's science-fiction saga Star Warsinstance ofSimilar weapons are found in spy-fi films0.80text
Death rayrelated to Further readingWilliam0.60section
Death rayrelated to Further readingFanning Jr0.60section
Death rayrelated to Further readingAugust0.60section
Death rayrelated to Further readingDeath Rays0.60section
Death rayrelated to Further readingPopular Media0.60section

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