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Grant Wantling and the M39 cannon, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1950s
Year:
1951 to 1959
Contributors
Description
From the attached press release: "Fastest-firing single-barrel cannon, the M39 revolver-type weapon, is fed a ribbon of 20 mm ammunition by Grant Wantling, associate engineer at Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology. The cannon, currently used on jet warplanes, is the result of eight years intensive research by ARF, the government, and industrial concerns."… more
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IITRI Eclipse Expedition, ca. 1965-1966
Year:
1965 to 1966
Contributors
Description
Photograph of IIT Research Institute personnel and a Chevrolet Corvair 95 van on (or on their way to) a so-called Eclipse Expedition, likely either in the Cook Islands in 1965 or near Porto Alegre, Brazil, in 1966. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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