Sujet
Cheque for £25,000 made payable to British inventor Harry Grindell Matthews, 1915
Légende
Cheque for £25,000 made payable to British inventor Harry Grindell Matthews, 1915. Matthews (1880-1941) was an inventor best known for his claim to have invented a 'death ray' in the 1920s. This cheque was paid to Matthews 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
HRM19B38_268
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
58,6Mo (2,2Mo) / 42,2cm x 34,8cm / 4990 x 4108 (300dpi)