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The Feminine Touch in War: Gun-Sights and Range-Dials

Unknown, 1917, Press cutting, Reproduction
The Feminine Touch in War: Gun-Sights and Range-Dials
The Feminine Touch in War: Gun-Sights and Range-Dials
The Feminine Touch in War: Gun-Sights and Range-Dials
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Item no
32716
Title
The Feminine Touch in War: Gun-Sights and Range-Dials
Description
From the Illustrated London News published February 17th, 1917, page 208. Official photographs, published by special permission of the Ministry of Munitions. Full titles: Women machining sight-racks for howitzer and naval gun sights, on shaping machines; Women engraving range-dials for howitzer-sights - they set up their own machines; Women machining sight-quadrants and telescope-holders for howitzers and naval guns on vertical milling-machines; Women slotting quadrants for six-inch and eight-inch howitzer sights.
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Date
1917
Size
39.6 x 26.7 cm
Location
Reference Library