The Lawn Roller Becomes a Weapon of War
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Title (Dublin Core)
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The Lawn Roller Becomes a Weapon of War
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Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core)
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The Lawn Roller Becomes a Weapon of War
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Caption: Not a lawn roller, but a machine which protects the soldier from gun fire as well as from liquid fire
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ALTHOUGH conceived
primarily as a war
machine of unlimited pos-
sibilities, the |
invention upon |
whichJ. L. Hy-
land, of Min- |
nesota, recent- |
ly obtained a |
patent, canalso
lay claim to a
wide range of
usefulness in times of peace. A hollow cyl-
inder, approximately seven feet long, has a
shaft oraxlearound which it can berotated.
To the ends of this shaft a steering frame
is fitted, similar to that of a lawn roller.
By means of the steering frame the roller
with its contents may be rolled toward
the enemy by two or more men, who are
protected from gunfire by the roller,
which is to be kept between them and
the enemy. One or more machine guns
may be mounted on the outside of the rol-
ler or placed inside of it, so that they can
fire through openings in the steel cylinder.
When the roller is to be used as a convey-
ance for men, either fighting men on their
‘way to the front or wounded
men to be taken back of the
lines, a stretcher is suspend-
ed from the shaft by means
of hooks, or a semi-cylindri-
cal structure
with berths for
three men is
suspended
from the shaft,
so that it will
swing freely
while the
cylinder is re-
volving.
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Contributor (Dublin Core)
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J. L. Hyland (inventor)
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Language (Dublin Core)
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eng
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Date Issued (Dublin Core)
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1918-05
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pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
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691
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Rights (Dublin Core)
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Public Domain (Google digitized)
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Archived by (Dublin Core)
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Filippo Valle
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Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)
Popular Science Monthly, v. 92, n. 5, 1918
