Gabriel Rains was also an inventor. He invented the keg torpedo‚ land mine‚ grenade‚ and many others. These weapons caused much controversy‚ because some thought they were barbarous and unfair. Others thought they were necessary to win the war because the newfangled ironclads were beginning to develop into a threat. “Ironclads are said to master the world‚ but torpedoes master ironclads‚” Rains said. One such torpedo is the keg torpedo. (Waters 71) The first one used was in 1862. It sunk the
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Steamer (RMS) that sailed on May 1st‚ 1915‚ and had a nickname‚ “The Floating Palace”. To england from New York‚ The Lusitania was headed straight to doom! On its journey through the sea‚ it was struck by a treacherous torpedo on Ma 7‚ 1915‚ 12 miles from the coast of Ireland. The torpedo was sent by a German U-20 boat‚ and its captain was Walther Schwieger. The boat sank in 18 minutes. Six out of forty-four lifeboats were used. There were 1‚959 passengers‚ 761 survived‚ and 1‚198 died. The RMS Titanic
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Chapter 1: Introduction Spitfire Mk XIX‚ Tu-95 Russian strategic bomber‚ Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster‚ what makes these Aircrafts different. For most vehicles‚ the primary power consumer is the propulsion system. Advances in CFD and fabrication have increased the efficiency of the single propeller significantly. However‚ further increases in efficiency can sometimes be obtained from having two propellers in a contra- rotating configuration. Contra-rotating‚ also referred to as coaxial contra-rotating
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The American Civil War began April 12‚ 1861‚ and did not end until a gruesome four years later‚ on May 9‚ 1865. This war divided America into two groups: the Union and the Confederacy. During this time period‚ many new concepts and ideas from both sides were thought of and brought to life. Some examples of these new concepts were in an area such as naval and ground warfare‚ medicine‚ weaponry‚ transportation‚ and photography. Technology played a very important role in the American Civil War
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story of a man named Preston Tucker and takes place in the 1940’s. Preston Tucker’s dream was to design and build the greatest automobile ever made. At first‚ he began by bringing home drawings of his dream car‚ which was to be called the Tucker Torpedo. He showed the drawings to a man who would eventually become his partner‚ Abe. Initially‚ Abe doesn’t like the idea of building a car‚ but he didn’t know anything about cars. Tucker placed an advertisement in a magazine about his car‚ and the
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Since the beginning Americans have sought for ways to make life easier‚ more convenient and more fun by inventing things and pushing technology further and further into our everyday life styles. You can find evidence of this by just looking a little way into our history. Sometimes these inventions are made by daredevils willing to risk their lives just so their names will be recognized‚ and sometimes these inventions are made because of the need of new designs and ideas in order to preserve a way
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Then the ship would have been repaired and maybe would have survived the blasts from the torpedos. If Commodore would have not been playing cards ‚maybe he would’ve sent the vessels out himself. If the other captain wouldn’t have been drunk he could have tried to see what was going on. In all ‚if all the captains of those ships would have taken
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For example‚ due to the harbor’s relative shallowness of 45 feet‚ most would agree that an aerial torpedo attack would not be effective‚ not to mention impossible‚ since traditional torpedoes ran at a depth of about 100 feet. However‚ this did not stop the Japanese; in fact the Japanese completely overlooked it. (SOURCE 3) This shows that once again‚
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the USS Tang shot its twenty-third torpedo. It went exactly as planned. It fired hot and its path was going straight. I was in the operations room with a few other crew members whom I have never really worked with. We were all down there performing our duties as directed. As the twenty-forth torpedo fired‚ we were convinced that our mission was over and that we succeeded. “All ahead emergency!” was shouted out by Commander O’Kane. Apparently our last torpedo ended up circling around and hit the
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brains who basically started it all‚ the spread-spectrum technology which enabled Wi-Fi and cellular networks to be available to us today! Lamarr knew about a real problem. It was during World War 2 when she thought‚ how can one safely control a torpedo with a radio signal? This was important‚ since torpedoes
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