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Tom Swift vs. the Real World (was: Cheap Thrills Dept., Civil War submarine section)



On Wed, 14 Jul 1999 20:16:39 EDT SFreihof@aol.com writes:
>tvcmikey@yahoo.com writes:
>
><<  It was propelled by iron
> plates at the bow and stern where the bow was positively charged , the
> stern being negatively charged.  >>
>
>This sounds like electrolysis in action....The boat is a battery?  Am 
>I missing the point?  

It was from a Tom Swift book.   

I have a vision of it slowly vanishing as it moves through the water.



Mike Holt
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