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The Devils Device by Edwin Gray,The story of the Torpedo
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An excellent reference book!
In addition to the "Von Trapp" connection, the other point worth mentioning are the Appendix 1-10 which documents the "Torpedo Specifications and Performance" covering most of the major countries - including UK, Germany, US, Italy & France.
For those that are interested, one of Gray's other books "19th Century Torpedoes and their Inventors" is worth a read................even more interesting is that a majority of the book research material came from an Australian researcher from Melbourne University, who I managed to track down last year.
He will also be attending the Whitehead Torpedo Conference in Rijeka (Croatia) in May and presenting on another Aussie Torpedo inventor - George Murphy:
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/murphy-george-read-7704
Cheers
Drew
In addition to the "Von Trapp" connection, the other point worth mentioning are the Appendix 1-10 which documents the "Torpedo Specifications and Performance" covering most of the major countries - including UK, Germany, US, Italy & France.
For those that are interested, one of Gray's other books "19th Century Torpedoes and their Inventors" is worth a read................even more interesting is that a majority of the book research material came from an Australian researcher from Melbourne University, who I managed to track down last year.
He will also be attending the Whitehead Torpedo Conference in Rijeka (Croatia) in May and presenting on another Aussie Torpedo inventor - George Murphy:
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/murphy-george-read-7704
Cheers
Drew
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