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Word: shockproof (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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Four years ago the U. S. Court of Claims decided five of his six patent claims were valid, later decided the Government owed him approximately half a million dollars. Forthwith he wrote Congress that he had now planned an 85,000-ton, shockproof warship which would be immune to serious damage by shell, torpedo, or air bomb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Barlow's Bomb | 3/25/1940 | See Source »

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