Spherical bombs dropped by parachutes and propelled by internal gasoline engines
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Spherical bombs dropped by parachutes and propelled by internal gasoline engines
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Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core)
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Caption: Bombs that run wild
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BOMBS THAT RUN WILD and cre-
ate panic as well as destruction
among enemy troops are the novel
idea of S. L. Conrad, of Columbus,
Ohio. Spherical in shape and pro-
vided with spikes with which to grip
the earth, the bomb is dropped by
parachute and then propelled over
the ground by an internal gas en-
gine mounted off center on a pair
of free-swinging arms. Geared to a
fixed center cogwheel, the engine, as
it runs, constantly changes the cen-
ter of gravity of the bomb and thus
causes it to roll forward. Any vari-
ation in the contour of the ground
will alter the direction. This, com-
bined with a time fuse that can be
changed periodically during manu-
facture, presents the enemy with the
terrifying problem of trying to de-
cide in which direcfion the fast-
rolling bomb is going to move and
when it is going to explode.
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Contributor (Dublin Core)
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Abbott Griffin (illustrator)
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Language (Dublin Core)
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eng
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Date Issued (Dublin Core)
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1944-02
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pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
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90
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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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Lorenzo Chinellato
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Marco Bortolami (editor)
Popular Science Monthly, v. 144, n. 2, 1944
