No Warship Safe.
+ INVENTION CAI'SbS AN EXPLOSION 1 I MILES AWAY. Havre, August H. An Italian engineer nan c fl Vlivi has been carrying out experiments here to prove that he can blow up explosives from a distance. Several superior officers, including Major "Terrier, director ol Ihe wireless installation on ii.'e Eiffel Tower, watched some experiments in the roadstead. _ "Vlivi was successful in exploding some metal cases containing powder at a distance of fourteen miles. This was brought about by the use of infra-violet rays, which are named by Vlivi I-rays. The inventor intends shortly to carry out over longer distances.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 September 1913, Page 4
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101No Warship Safe. Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 September 1913, Page 4
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