Friday, July 5, 2013

Scientific American's Look At Warfare in 1912-- Part 1

From the January 21, 2011, Scientific American "Warfare in 1912: A Look in Scientific American;s Archives: Images of weapons, technology from a century ago, two years before World War I broke out in Europe" by Daniel C. Schlenoff.

This consisted of a group of very interesting photos with captions taken from the magazine back then.

Picture #1:  Huge coast defense gins
#2  Coast guns fire and disappear behind thick concrete walls to load.
#3  Secrets and Spies--  Tripod devices with three mirrors ground so perfectly they reflect light beams in the exact direction it came from to provide secure communications.

#4  The battleship USS New York--  the latest Navy technology. Served in both world wars.

5.  Battle Cruiser Moltke.  German ship launched in 1910 and fought in two of the rare World War I naval battles.  Scuttled ay the end of the war.

More to Come. --Cooter

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