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Re: Dino/bird amphibians
In article <20050617171939.64748.qmail@web33507.mail.mud.yahoo.com>, Jaime A.
Headden wrote:
> The tanks were
> so named, however, because they were capable of land-to-water and vice versa,
> a
> comparison that was obvious to the designers of such amphibious vehicles.
>
"Tanks" in the military sense? I think you'll find that the nickname
"tank" was a combination of lack of imagination and minor military indirection.
The company contracted to manufacture the prototypes generally made
liquid-storage tanks, and so the name stuck. I have a memory they were a
Norwich
firm ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank#WWI_-_the_first_tanks points you in
the same direction as my memory.
--
Aidan Karley,
Aberdeen, Scotland,
Location: 57°10' N, 02°09' W (sub-tropical Aberdeen), 0.021233
Written at Fri, 17 Jun 2005 23:52 +0100
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