An Experiment in Gyro-Hats

Overview:

• Title: An Experiment in Gyro-Hats
• Author: Ellis Parker Butler
• Year: 1920
• Type: Short Fiction

Synopsis:

Walsingham Gribbs, a wealthy young batchelor, has been subjected to two experiments: the first, by his father, involves a rotating platform that affects Gribbs' equilibrium; the second, by a hatter looking for a suitor for his daughter, tries to fix Gribbs problem with a gyro-hat.

Notes:

First published in New Broadway Magazine, June 1920.

Editions/Publications:

• 1926. Amazing Stories, June 1926 (1926, Hugo Gernsback, 96 pages, Magazine)
• 1968. Science Fiction by Gaslight (1968, Sam Moskowitz World, Hardcover, Anthology)

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