A machine to check the security of fuses for hand grenades

Title (Dublin Core): A machine to check the security of fuses for hand grenades
Subject (Dublin Core): en Technology; en Personal protection (other); en Explosives and land mines
Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core): Caption: Fuses for hand grenades are X-rayed for safety by a machine developed by General Electric
extracted text (Extract Text): FUSES for hand grenades
are X-rayed for safety
by a machine developed
by General Electric. Rid-
ing a movable belt, the
fuses cross the beam
from a 100,000-volt X-ray
tube, which is focused on
a fluorescent screen. Any
change in the intensity
of the glow of the screen,
indicating an improper
charge in the fuse, is de-
tected by a photoelectric
tube. A bell rings, a red
light flashes, the offend-
ing fuse is marked with
a dab of red paint, and
a telltale recording is
made on a chart. Four
thousand fuses can be
checked in an hour.
Language (Dublin Core): eng
Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core): World War II
Date Issued (Dublin Core): 1944-02
Is Part Of (Dublin Core): Popular Science Monthly, v. 144, n. 2, 1944
pages (Bibliographic Ontology): 67
Rights (Dublin Core): Public Domain (Google digitized)
Source (Dublin Core): Google Books
References (Dublin Core): General Electric
Archived by (Dublin Core): Lorenzo Chinellato; Marco Bortolami (editor)