Wars of Wonders
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Rookies Trained for War at "Tank College" Rookies Trained for War at "Tank College" -
Watertight Pontoon Cells Make Cruiser Safe Watertight Pontoon Cells Make Cruiser Safe -
Setting Traps for Enemy Ships Setting Traps for Enemy Ships -
Super-Warplane for U.S. Carries Four Tons of Bombs Super-Warplane for U.S. Carries Four Tons of Bombs -
Bombing Plane May "Hide in Sun" with Aid of Optical Instrument Bombing Plane May "Hide in Sun" with Aid of Optical Instrument -
Vessels Will Be Convertible into Plane Carriers for Navy Vessels Will Be Convertible into Plane Carriers for Navy -
The "Flying Eyes" of the Army The "Flying Eyes" of the Army
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Long-Distance Gas Detector Sends Warning by Wire Long-Distance Gas Detector Sends Warning by Wire
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Parkas and Sheepskin Boots Keep Arctic Pilots Warm Parkas and Sheepskin Boots Keep Arctic Pilots Warm -
Toy Balloons Help to Aim Big Guns by Showing Wind Direction Toy Balloons Help to Aim Big Guns by Showing Wind Direction -
How Guns of Uncle Sam's Fleet Are Trained on Targets How Guns of Uncle Sam's Fleet Are Trained on Targets -
War Gas Now Used to Kill Rats by Army in Porto Rico War Gas Now Used to Kill Rats by Army in Porto Rico -
With the Navy in Peace Times. With the Navy in Peace Times. Battle Pratice and Maneuvers Keep Fighting Ships at Highest Degree of Efficency -
Aluminium Given Strength of Steel for Building Metal Aircraft Aluminium Given Strength of Steel for Building Metal Aircraft -
Flight of Over Mile in Helicopter Wins Designer a Prize Flight of Over Mile in Helicopter Wins Designer a Prize -
Poison Gases of War to Cure Human Ills Poison Gases of War to Cure Human Ills. Fumes of Chlorine and Mustard Adopted as Treatment by Hospitals Where They Are Administered from Special Cabinets -
Dropping Destruction from the Skies Dropping Destruction from the Skies -
Hermes Aircraft Mother Ship "Hermes", of the British Navy, built to carry twenty planes which are lifted aboard by eletric cranes and launched from the deck landing field -
Gun with Three-Hundred-Ton Barrel to Defend Harbor Gun with Three-Hundred-Ton Barrel to Defend Harbor -
Night Mail Marks New Era in Aviation Night Mail Marks New Era in Aviation. Time of Flight from Statue of Liberty to Golden Gate to Be Cut to Twenty-Four Hours -
New Nose on "Shenandoah" Fits Ship for Further Sky Voyages New Nose on "Shenandoah" Fits Ship for Further Sky Voyages -
"Death Ray" is Carried by Shafts of Light "Death Ray" is Carried by Shafts of Light. Beam is Said to Act as Cable for Transmitting Powerful Energy to Bring Down Enemy Aircraft -
"Dragonfly" Plane Climbs After Fifty-Foot Run "Dragonfly" Plane Climbs After Fifty-Foot Run -
Wing without a Tail Is Twin-Engine Plane Wing without a Tail Is Twin-Engine Plane -
Popular Mechanics, v. 73, n. 5, 1940