Hemispherical Wheels
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Titolo
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Hemispherical Wheels
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Article Title and/or Image Caption
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Hemispherical Wheels
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HEMISPHERICAL WHEELS are the innovation and the chief principle of the "Roller," a new amphibian combat vehicle designed by the Greek engineer Elie P. Aghnides, of New York City. Two big, ribbed, hemispherical front wheels and a spherical trailer wheel in the rear, all three empty and watertight, make the "Roller" agile on land and buoyant in water.
A substitute for the tank, it will carry high-powered armor-piercing guns. Intended for combat, reconnaissance, and sea-borne invasion, it is designed to have automobile speed, to negotiate difficult terrain as well as a tank, to swivel as easily as an office chair, and to right itself automatically if upset. In mud, sand, or snow it offers greater traction surface for less penetration; in water it will both float and propel itself.
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Lingua
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eng
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Copertura temporale
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World War II
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Data di rilascio
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1943-09
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pagine
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105
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Diritti
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Public Domain (Google digitized)
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Archived by
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Alberto Bordignon
