Thank you Hedy Lamarr

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Thank you Hedy Lamarr

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Did you know that - - - -

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Brains and Beauty DO go together :!: :D :kiltdance:

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The original design used clockwork-drives and paper rolls to control the frequency settings and was initially designed for torpedo-control.

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crfriend wrote:The original design used clockwork-drives and paper rolls to control the frequency settings and was initially designed for torpedo-control.
Indeed. She was mentioned when I was in Torpedo "A" school in Key West in the mid 60's.
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