Aerial Nets Protect Venice from Aeroplane Attack
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Aerial Nets Protect Venice from Aeroplane Attack
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Aerial Nets Protect Venice from Aeroplane Attack
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ALTHOUGH the enemy for weeks has been within a few miles of Venice, its airmen have been unable to lay the city in ruins. The obvious explanation, of course, is the superiority of the Italian aviation service. But the protection of the Queen of the Adriatic does not rest there. A remarkable system of aerial nets surrounds Venice and ensnarls the flying Huns who attempt to penetrate it. The true details of the scheme are not known, but the general plan is as illustrated. A ring of connected balloons encircles the city at a great height and supports a series of wires that are connected with the ground. This forms an effective barrier that is invisible at night and easily protected against destruction in the daytime. Although it is possible for air craft of most types to rise above it, the difficulty of accurately aiming bombs from heights counted in miles is well known even to the laity. It is reported that when 25 Austrian planes attempted to carry out a raid some weeks ago, six of them were caught by the wires.
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eng
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Date Issued (Dublin Core)
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1918-04
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pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
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527
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Public Domain
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Archived by (Dublin Core)
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Iacopo Tonon
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Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)
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Venice
Popular Mechanics, v. 29, n. 4, 1918
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