By this time, most people know that "Mohammed Ullyses Fips" was Hugo Gernsback. What fewer people realize is that Hugo Gernsback was also Mohammed Ullyses Fips The intriguing thing about all of the Fips inventions was that there was -- through all of them -- an undertone of practicality, and several have indeed seen the ultimate light of day as practical inventions in later years. Hugo Gernsback was an inventor, an innovator, and a force in his industry. He founded the electronics publishing industry and at one time, was perhaps best known as publisher of science fiction. The Fips stories...

It's a spoof..... It's a look into today's tomorrow. In 1944 and 1946 Hugo Gernsback was publishing an electronics magazine that was titled Radio-Craft. You may or may not remember it. During this time, that same Hugo Gernsback send to many friends, associates, advertisers and others he deemed worthy, his forward looking little mini-magazines, which were takeoffs on his own publication. The first one, Mini Radio Craft, doubled was issued as a promotion for the Electronic Distribution Show. The second one, Radio-Cracy served as his 1944 Christmas Card. Both are fun, both predict things to...

The first book of its kind, the 1933 Official Audio-Radio Service Manual contains all the auto-radio service data available on July 5, 1933, the original publication date of this book. It is a complete director of all automobile radio receivers and presents full installation and trouble-shooting guides. A few manufacturers are not represented because they had no information ready for release at that date. Receivers made by companies including Acme Radio, Allied Radio, Arvin, Atwaterkent; and on through Galvin, A. H. Green, Grigsby-Grunow; and on through Philco, Transformer Corp of America;...

2014 Reprint of 1950 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. "Ralph 124C 41+" by Hugo Gernsback is an early science fiction novel, written as a twelve-part serial in "Modern Electrics" magazine beginning in April 1911. It was compiled into novel/book form in 1925. It is considered one of the most influential science fiction stories of all time. The title itself is a play on words, ( 1 2 4 C 4 1 + ) meaning "One to foresee for one another." Some successful predictions from this novel include television (and channel surfing),...

Popular weekly magazine of the late 20's. Selected samples of humor, education, contests, and more. Ten fun packed chapters. The Covers - a sampling of front covers -- each one its own little joke; The Magazine -- Samples of pages with cartoons, jokes and more. Cookoo-Nuts -- can you figure out what the clues represent? Phoney Patents -- some have come to be, some are silly, all are fun. Advertwisters -- Take a couple of phrases from different ads, Put them together, result is fun. Show Me - Write a short story using the titles of current movies and plays. They did it then. Now you try it...

Recreation of a 1918 Radio and Parts Catalog for the wireless experimenter. Chock full of all the state-of-the-art devices of that period. You will find items like: complete wireless receiving and sending sets; variable condensers, minerals and crystals, wireless code chart, chromic plunge battery dynamos, Tesla transformer, omnigraph, boy's toys, chemicals, and much much more. It's like taking a time machine in to the electronics industry of that time. Only an old timer will remember this gear, but every electronics enthusiast will treasure this tip through bygone days. The Eletro Importing...