Re: Origin of 3-D printing (again)

On Fri, 19 Jun 2020 at 07:27, Stan Sieler via cctalk wrote: > > Hi, > > Back in 2017, I posted something about seeing a possible first-ever > reference to the idea of 3-D printing in a 1951 issue of Galaxy Science > Fiction magazine. > > I stumbled over an even earlier one tonight... > > The

Origin of 3-D printing (again)

Hi, Back in 2017, I posted something about seeing a possible first-ever reference to the idea of 3-D printing in a 1951 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction magazine. I stumbled over an even earlier one tonight... The September, 1941, issue of Astounding Science Fiction magazine has a story called