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Elko Independent
Elko, Elko County, Nevada
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St. Louis inventor develops secret paint that deadens torpedoes, making ships invulnerable to submarines. Miniature torpedo test on lake failed to explode 40 times. Composition secret; will be presented to Navy Department.
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DEADEN TORPEDOES
ST. LOUIS, May 23.—A paint against which torpedoes fired by a submarine or other warships will not explode is said to have been invented by a St. Louis man, whose name is withheld. This paint, the inventor claims, will make ships invulnerable to submarines.
In a test on a nearby lake a miniature torpedo, a foot long, was fired forty times into the preparation, it is said, and failed to explode.
The preparation's composition is a secret. When a soft nosed torpedo strikes this coating, it is said to deaden the chemicals in the head of the torpedo. The chemicals in the head of the torpedo generate electric currents along wires in the center of the torpedo, which ignite the explosives in the rear. If the chemicals in the head are deadened the torpedo fails to explode.
The inventor, through his attorneys, will bring the paint to the attention of the navy department at Washington.
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St. Louis
Event Date
May 23
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miniature torpedo failed to explode after 40 tests; paint to be presented to navy department.
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A St. Louis man invented a secret paint that deadens torpedoes fired by submarines or warships, making ships invulnerable. In a lake test, a foot-long miniature torpedo was fired 40 times into the preparation without exploding. The paint deadens chemicals in the torpedo's head, preventing ignition of rear explosives.