Abstract
At one o'clock in the afternoon on the 1938 autumnal equinox, September 23, on the grounds of the New York World's Fair, the Westinghouse Time Capsule descended into a hole in the earth, not to be seen again for 5000 years. Project coordinator George E. Pendray dubbed the capsule's distant heirs "futurians;' who in AD 6039 are intended to unearth the capsule and decipher its contents, which include reels of microfilmed text on science, religion, philosophy, engineering and the arts, as well as more than 40 articles ofcommon use, including a toothbrush, electric razor, money, and a baseball. It is hoped that the contents of the capsule will provide a representative sampling of 20th century civilization.
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