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POPULAR SCIENCE MAGAZINE - 138 years of technical snippets.

09 Aug 2010 09:16 #1 by PETERTHEEATER
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In the USA, Popular Science magazine is now in almost its 140th year. The full archive is available free on-line and one can often find some information to help solve that technical question you may on WW1 and WW2.

A typical sample is here:

www.popsci.com/results?query=eighth+army+air+force

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09 Aug 2010 13:16 #2 by carnaby
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Some good stuff here - typed 'airfield' into its search box and immediately got an article on FIDO.

Graham
Plan A is always more effective when the problem you are working on understands that Plan B will involve the use of dynamite :twisted:

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10 Aug 2010 08:15 #3 by PETERTHEEATER
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Don't type 'Moving Target':)

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10 Aug 2010 11:35 #4 by Peter Kirk
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Don't type 'Moving Target':)


Now I have got to try it when I get home.
No Amount Of Evidence Will Ever Persuade An Idiot (probably not Mark Twain)

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10 Aug 2010 13:28 #5 by carnaby
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Now I have got to try it when I get home.

I'll get this in quick before before Norwich Paul jumps in...

Having a busy day at the office then , Peter ? :-D

Graham
Plan A is always more effective when the problem you are working on understands that Plan B will involve the use of dynamite :twisted:

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10 Aug 2010 15:52 #6 by Paul Francis
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Having a busy day at the office then , Peter ?

Naughty naughty Carnaby
You can tell a builder from an archaeologist by the size of his trowel. Mine is a small one!

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10 Aug 2010 19:14 #7 by Peter Kirk
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It was lunchtime!!! :)
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11 Aug 2010 08:42 #8 by PETERTHEEATER
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Go tell it on the mountain..............over the hills and far awaaaaaay....

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11 Aug 2010 22:59 #9 by kebecker
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It was lunchtime!!! :)

ahh so you also do lunch!

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