Witness sun's defiance to human powers, Washington, D.C., September 8. Senor Adolfo Niebuhr, of Argentine, Dr. Richard Plobet, of Germany, and Dr. Eugen Melchinger, of Germany, witness the failure of Dr. Charles G. Abbott's sun ray machine. The device which is said to be capable of operating half-ho
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"Witness sun's defiance to human powers, Washington, D.C., September 8. Senor Adolfo Niebuhr, of Argentine, Dr. Richard Plobet, of Germany, and Dr. Eugen Melchinger, of Germany, witness the failure of Dr. Charles G. Abbott's sun ray machine. The device which is said to be capable of operating half-ho" (1936). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Witness_sun%27s_defiance_to_human_powers,_Washington,_D.C.,_September_8._Senor_Adolfo_Niebuhr,_of_Argentine,_Dr._Richard_Plobet,_of_Germany,_and_Dr._Eugen_Melchinger,_of_Germany,_witness_the_LCCN2016878416.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 300875.
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