Handling machine (The War of the Worlds)

The Handling machine is one of the fictional machines used by the Martians in H. G. Wells' science fiction novel The War of the Worlds. It is a crawling device used by the Martians to lift and manipulate other objects. It is one of the four types of heavy machine the Martians bring with them when they invade Earth, along with the fighting machine, the flying machine, and the embankment machine.