The Four-dimensional Roller Press story

shortstory: The Four-dimensional Roller Press (1927) · 1927-06 · Bob Olsen

A young genius invents a machine that compresses or expands objects by manipulating them in their fourth dimension.

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anti-gravity technology major The machine functioned to increase the volume of objects but decrease their densities. Sidelburg imagined using the device to make a "dirigible balloon" out of solid steel.
four-dimensional space major Young genius William James Sidelburg invented that could compress or expands objects by manipulating them in their fourth dimension. He used it to expand a steel cylinder, the monkey Jocko, and finally himself.