Torpedo

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A torpedo at the time of early aero meant an underwater explosive weapon, normally a self-propelled one. The term may have had a broader meaning then than it does now, and include those that were not self-propelled or were stationary like what we now call underwater mines.[1]

Torpedo work was generally outside the margins of aero development so we can include or exclude at will for now.

But Kate Epstein, author of Torpedo[2], has cultivated extraordinary expertise into US and British militaries and patent practices of the period 1890-1920, and many of the characters were familiar with projectiles both in water and in the air.

Torpedoes are projectiles, like air missiles or bullets. The concept of an aerial torpedo is out there also, apparently overlapping with the term missile.

References

This wiki has 25 patents in category "Torpedo". Other techtypes related to Torpedo: CPC F42, CPC F42B, CPC F42B15/22, CPC F42B19/00, USPC 114/18

Patents in category Torpedo

Publications referring to Torpedo

Enclosing categories Simple tech terms, Military, Projectile
Subcategories Bliss-Leavitt torpedo, Whitehead torpedo
Keywords Military, Explosive
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