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#2892752 - 11/02/09 08:28 AM Re: Out of copyright books ***** [Re: Col. Gibbon]
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I 've been reading the one about the tanks, listed at the top of this page. Amazing how they developed the weapon. It was originally called a "Land Ship" and thus the committee developing it was called the "Land Ship Committee," but they wanted to keep it a secret, so they started calling it a "Water Carrier." With the military penchant for abreviating everything to initials, this became "W.C." Well, this wouldn't do, as I'm sure most of us know what a W.C. is, so they came up with "Tank Supply Committe" and the name "Tank" was born.

Fascinating stuff!!
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#2892758 - 11/02/09 08:38 AM Re: Out of copyright books [Re: Crashin' Jack]
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Hi CJ.

It's funny, how funny, history is.

Would you like to climb into a WC, and go into battle? biggrin

Strikes me, the sort of thing Baldrik would come up with. biggrin biggrin
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#2892853 - 11/02/09 11:38 AM Re: Out of copyright books [Re: Col. Gibbon]
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Zounds, a "Black Adder" reference. duel
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#2892920 - 11/02/09 01:01 PM Re: Out of copyright books [Re: iron mike]
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Aeroplane Patents
Robert M. Nelson
D. van Nostrand Co. 1910
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#2894081 - 11/04/09 12:16 AM Re: Out of copyright books [Re: Col. Gibbon]
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More great books Col.
Thanks. smile


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#2894156 - 11/04/09 05:39 AM Re: Out of copyright books [Re: wheelsup_cavu]
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The story of the British navy from the earliest times to the present day
E. Keble Chatterton
Mills & Boon. Limited. London. 1911
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#2894808 - 11/05/09 07:08 AM Re: Out of copyright books [Re: Col. Gibbon]
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Germany's fighting machine
Ernest F. Henderson
Indianapolis : Robbs Merrill. 1914
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#2895324 - 11/05/09 07:02 PM Re: Out of copyright books [Re: Col. Gibbon]
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I forgot I could make this a Watched Topic. duh

Done Now. smile


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#2900937 - 11/14/09 06:09 PM Re: Out of copyright books [Re: wheelsup_cavu]
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The Submarine Torpedo Boat - Its Characteristics & Modern Development
Allen Hoar
D. van Nostrand Co. 1916
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#2903389 - 11/18/09 09:05 AM Re: Out of copyright books [Re: Col. Gibbon]
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German Coastal Defenses ( Special Series No. 15 )
US War Dept
US War Dept. 1943
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