Sujet
Cheque for £25,000 made payable to Mr Harry Grindell Matthews, December 1915
Légende
Cheque for £25,000 made payable to Mr Harry Grindell Matthews, December 1915. Matthews (1880-1941) was an inventor, best known for his claim to have invented a death ray in the 1920s. This cheque was awarded by the British government, following the outbreak of the First World War, for his invention of a remotely controlled weapon against Zeppelins or unmanned vehicles.
Date
1915
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive
Notre référence
HRM19B05_309
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
18,9Mo (1,0Mo) / 31,2cm x 15,2cm / 3684 x 1796 (300dpi)