New one-man tank designed in the U. S. A.
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New one-man tank designed in the U. S. A.
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New one-man tank designed in the U. S. A.
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"THE, ong man tank above was recently patented by
John Baptiste Felicetti, an Italian residing at Phila-
delphia. In outward appearance it resembles an Egyptian
mummy-case on wheels. The shell of the tank, of bullet-
proof steel, conforms to the shape of the prone body of a
man. On top is a hinged double door through which the
soldier who is to occupy the tank enters. His body rests
upon a hammock suspended from cross supports; his feet
work the pedals of the steering-gear.
The mechanism for propelling the tank is rather primi-
tive. On each side is a long lever with a handle on the
front end and a spade-like pusher at the rear end. The
man in the tank pushes the spade end into the ground,
and propels the tank by pulling on the handles of the two
levers. The armament consists of a machine-gun resting
upon a swiveled support.
The inventor claims for his vehicle that it “can travel
over land, sea, snow, and sand, or through water and mud.”
How did he overlook the air?
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Language (Dublin Core)
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eng
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Date Issued (Dublin Core)
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1919-01
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pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
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30
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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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Davide Donà
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Marco Bortolami (editor)
Popular Science Monthly, v. 94, n. 1, 1919
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