Full record for Sol III n.

Definition	the Earth
OED requirements	antedating 1941
Earliest cite	Edward E.Smith,'The Vortex Blaster'
Comment	Fred Galvin submitted a 1946 cite from George O. Smith's "Pattern for Conquest". Douglas Winston submitted a cite from a reprint of William Tenn's "Party of the Two Parts"; Mike Christie verified the cite in the 1954 first magazine appearance. Mike Christie submitted a 1949 cite from Poul Anderson's "The Double-dyed Villains". Malcolm Farmer submitted a cite from a reprint of Andrew Salmond's "Stimulus"; Mike Christie verified the cite in the 1958 original magazine appearance. Mike Christie submitted a 1942 cite from Ross Rocklynne's "Jackdaw". Mike Christie submitted a 1957 cite from Robert Heinlein's "Citizen of the Galaxy". Dan Tilque submitted a cite from a 1968 reprint of E.E. Smith's 1950 "Galactic Patrol"; Mike Christie checked the 1937/38 first magazine version and the cite does not appear there. Douglas Winston submitted a cite from a 1990 reprint of Michael McCollum's "Life Probe". Fred Galvin submitted a 1941 cite from Edward E.'Doc' Smith's "The Vortex Blaster".
Last modified	6 July, 2008

Citations for Sol III n.

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1942 R. Rocklynne Jackdaw in Astounding Sci. Fiction Aug. 68/2	But where, in all the universes which stretched endlessly through the cosmos, had there been a precedent for the thoroughly confounding incidents which had occurred on Sol Three?
1983 M. McCollum Life Probe xv. 237	The Scientists and engineers of Sol III will have been drafted into the great effort.