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Dates: during 1924-1924
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...Wall, of Sheffield University, England, applied for patents on a "means of transmitting electrical energy in any direction without the use of intermediate transmission wires," in which the British authorities are also said to be interested. Two other Englishmen, Prior and Raffe, have similar devices. Grammachikov, a Russian, has invented a ray that is favorably considered in the Soviet war offices. The German Government is reported to have a ray machine that last year brought down 13 French planes in Bavaria (hushed up but later admitted by the French). John H. Hamill, British engineer, said to represent the German scientist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Diabolical Rays | 6/9/1924 | See Source »

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