Excerpt from The "Tanks" By Request, and With Permission No disparagement or depreciation of others is intended by this statement of fact. So far as the wr1ter is aware, the first definite pro posal for a fighting machme on the lines of the exist ing Tank was due to the appearance of the Hornsby Ackroyd Caterpillar Tractor, which was tested for military traction purposes in England in 1906-1908. It was made by a military officer, and was carried up to the stage of the preparation of sketch drawings, when the project died ...
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Excerpt from The "Tanks" By Request, and With Permission No disparagement or depreciation of others is intended by this statement of fact. So far as the wr1ter is aware, the first definite pro posal for a fighting machme on the lines of the exist ing Tank was due to the appearance of the Hornsby Ackroyd Caterpillar Tractor, which was tested for military traction purposes in England in 1906-1908. It was made by a military officer, and was carried up to the stage of the preparation of sketch drawings, when the project died for want of support. Like Mr. Wells, he was ahead of his time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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