Jet propulsion history from Bernoulli to Rumsey and beyond
An overview traces jet propulsion from early Bernoulli ideas in the 18th century to Rumsey’s steam boat experiments on the Potomac and the later adaptation for aircraft. It notes Rumsey’s 1787 demonstration, the lack of a propeller, and Franklin and Fulton’s later recognition, with a closing human-interest note on a modern misleading circus detour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Rumsey
Robert Fulton
Hudson River
Rumsey
Potomac River
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
West Virginia State Capitol
Charleston
Fulton
England
Two Yanks Recon Cassino Front and Capture Nazi Bazooka
Lieutenant Frank Clay and Lieutenant Alfred Nelson with American forces traced German positions near Cassino Italy. They spotted four pill boxes directed tank fire that knocked them out and recovered a Nazi bazooka from a German dugout after observing a machine gun emplacement and a Sheridan tank nearby.
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Cassino
INS
Frank Clay
Alfred Nelson
Clay
West Pointer
Lucius Clay
Washington, D.C
Nelson
East Jowian
Mich
Police puzzled by missing elephants call from circus
In Little Rock a desk sergeant answered a call about a truckload of elephants. No one at headquarters had seen the elephants. Dailey Brothers circus, Texarkana, had phoned to ask if the elephants were in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Little Rock
Pine Bluff
Texarkana
Ark
P. B. Frederick
Dailey Brothers Circus
City Po
Private Buck Wasn't Foolin
CAMP ROBINSON ARK UP reports a Sixty sixth division field exercise misidentifies a private as a prisoner. The prisoner Buck Private 31342151 replies with his name and rank and the officer apologizes for the mix-up exposing the man’s correct identity as Pfc Arthur L Buck of Company E.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Robinson
Ark
Giant Turbine Runner Reaches Texas Dam Site
A 157,600 pound one piece turbine runner for the Denison dam powerhouse arrived in Texas after a three week trip from York. The largest ever cast, it measures nearly 17 feet in diameter and required daytime travel and slow speeds on local freights to clear tunnels and bridges along a circuitous route.
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Denison
Texas
York
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Fred Stabley
Crittenden
Graham Hovey
Rapido
HOVEY
Safety Deposit
Third Avenue
Third Street
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Private Buck
Saping
A. W. Peterson CO
Maytag
First Street
Milwaukee Road
Hiawathas
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Tacoma
Hiawatha
Olympian
Pioneer Limited
Arrow
Southwest Limited
Chippewa
Marquette
Sioux
America
THE
Glen-Rows
Jean Nedra
Mirra
Curtain Dept
Penney’s
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