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1966 Press Photo Cannon used to collect atmospheric data on Barbados Island

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1966 Press Photo Cannon used to collect atmospheric data on Barbados Island

Guns - Artillery (To collect information on wind velocities. etc). A 120-foot cannon, weighing 400,000 pounds, will be used by the Martin Company, to launch a payload into the atmosphere for collecting information on wind velocities and electrical fields. The cannon, located at Barbados Island, West Indies, was built at McGill University in Canada.

Photo is dated 1966.

Photo measures 8 x 9 inches.
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Guns - Artillery (To collect information on wind velocities. etc). A 120-foot cannon, weighing 400,000 pounds, will be used by the Martin Company, to launch a payload into the atmosphere for collecting information on wind velocities and electrical fields. The cannon, located at Barbados Island, West Indies, was built at McGill University in Canada.

Photo is dated 1966.

Photo measures 8 x 9 inches.
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