DescriptionScience and Invention Feb 1922 pg905 - Cities of the Future.jpg
English: Illustration of Gernsback's speculative article on what cities will be like in the future.
Caption: "The city of the future, 10,000 years hence, will not be located on the surface of the Earth. It will be floating up miles high, and such things as snow, rain, and storms will be unknown to the city dwellers of the future. It will have perpetual sunlight, and weather will never bother our future citizens. Just as our leviathans of the sea are built to remain on top of the water at all times, so the floating city of the future will remain afloat constantly, supported by shafts of electro-magnetic rays, which, nullifying gravity, keep the city raised up by reaction. The city dweller of the future will not be bothered much by diseases such as tuberculosis, because all of these are now transmitted by the high density of the air near the surface of the Earth. Three or four miles up bacteria are not so common as they are near the surface."
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Illustration of Gernsback's speculative article on what cities will be like in the future.
Illustration de l'article spéculatif de Gernsback sur ce que seront les villes dans le futur.
DescriptionScience and Invention Feb 1922 pg905 - Cities of the Future.jpg
English: Illustration of Gernsback's speculative article on what cities will be like in the future.
Caption: "The city of the future, 10,000 years hence, will not be located on the surface of the Earth. It will be floating up miles high, and such things as snow, rain, and storms will be unknown to the city dwellers of the future. It will have perpetual sunlight, and weather will never bother our future citizens. Just as our leviathans of the sea are built to remain on top of the water at all times, so the floating city of the future will remain afloat constantly, supported by shafts of electro-magnetic rays, which, nullifying gravity, keep the city raised up by reaction. The city dweller of the future will not be bothered much by diseases such as tuberculosis, because all of these are now transmitted by the high density of the air near the surface of the Earth. Three or four miles up bacteria are not so common as they are near the surface."
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United States. This applies to U.S. works where the copyright has expired, often because its first
publication occurred prior to January 1, 1929, and if not then due to lack of notice or renewal. See
this page for further explanation.
This image might not be in the public domain outside of the United States; this especially applies in the countries and areas that do not apply the
rule of the shorter term for US works, such as Canada, Mainland China (not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany, Mexico, and Switzerland. The creator and year of publication are essential information and must be provided. See
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Illustration of Gernsback's speculative article on what cities will be like in the future.
Illustration de l'article spéculatif de Gernsback sur ce que seront les villes dans le futur.