apergy

Terrestrial attraction, for instance, merely draws objects together but does not combine them; hence, apergy is merely repulsion.

A Thousand Deaths 1899

Terrestrial attraction, for instance, merely draws objects together but does not combine them; hence, apergy is merely repulsion.

A Thousand Deaths 1899

Terrestrial attraction, for instance, merely draws objects together but does not combine them; hence, apergy is merely repulsion.

A Thousand Deaths 1899

Seeking other planets habitable for the growing human population, the spaceship Callisto, powered by an antigravitational force known as apergy, embarks on a momentous tour of the solar system.

AvaxHome RSS: 2009

First, electrolysis, or the decomposition of water into its constituent gases by means of electricity; and, second, by the hypothetical existence of a force, the converse of gravitation, which Astor has named "apergy".

A Thousand Deaths 1899

It was on these two propositions that I constructed my theory: First, electrolysis, or the decomposition of water into its constituent gases by means of electricity; and, second, by the hypothetical existence of a force, the converse of gravitation, which Astor has named "apergy".

A Thousand Deaths 1899

John Clute and Peter Nicholls point out in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1979) that Greg's novel is "perhaps most significant for its detailed depiction of the protagonist's journey to Mars through the use of apergy, an Antigravity force (the concept provided a model for many later novels) which he uses to propel his spaceship."

Archive 2008-09-01 Paul 2008

With apergy it is as essential to have some heavy body on which to work, within range, as to have water about a ship's propellers.

A Journey in Other Worlds 1894

In apergy we undoubtedly have the counterpart of gravitation, which must exist, or Nature's system of compensation is broken.

A Journey in Other Worlds 1894

Men had discovered and mastered the secret of apergy, and now, "little lower than the angels," they could soar through space, leaving even planets and comets behind.

A Journey in Other Worlds 1894