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Popular Science Monthly 



Blindfolded recruits learning speed in laying 

 wire entanglements by the sense of touch 



Training "Tommies" to Lay Wires 

 in the Dark 



IN efficiency tests, conducted at Alder- 

 shot, England, the recruits are drilled 

 in every requirement of military tactics, 

 under conditions such as they are likely 

 to encounter in the war zone. 



The accompanying illustration shows a 

 wiring party, sent , , , 



out to set up wire ^^^^^^^ compartmGn1^5trap loop 



entanglements, 

 presumably under 

 cover of darkness. 

 In order to train 

 them to be sure of 

 step, even when 

 the way is obscure, 

 the soldiers are 

 partially blind- 

 folded. Even so 

 hindered, they 

 work rapidly over 

 rough, undulating 

 ground, such as 

 they will find on 

 a battle field. 



Piano support 



BlocH to prevent 

 5hiuinq 



The platform is made of two 

 longitudinal wood members curved 

 at the front to fit the rear end of 

 the Ford seat, and held in place by 

 means of bolts through the top 

 and bottom flanges of the Ford 

 side-frame members. It is suit- 

 ably cross-braced and has side 

 brackets by means of which it is 

 attached to the runningboards to 

 secure greater rigidity. 



The platform is made of wood, 

 reinforced with angle-irons on the 

 edges, and near the front it has two 

 hinged boards, which are raised to 

 a vertical position when a piano 

 is carried. 



The piano is placed transversely 

 of the Ford with the keyboard at 

 the rear. It is held in position by means 

 of two leather or canvas straps, inserted 

 through loops in the tops of the two 

 hinged boards and then carried back to 

 the rear of the platform, and by means 

 of an additional leather strap, inserted 

 in the angle of the keyboard, and attached 

 to the front ends of the platform on 

 either side. 



Since the weight of the average 

 piano is approximately 350 lbs., or 



about equal to that of the three 

 passengers usually carried in 

 a Ford touring model, no ad- 

 ditional strain is placed on the 

 vehicle. The piano is placed 

 directly up against the two 

 hinged boards so that it can- 



Support when 

 not in U5e 



Another use for 

 the little Ford. 

 It will move your 

 piano for you 



Platform 



Moving a Piano by 

 Automobile 



A NOVEL typo of plat- 

 form has been designed 

 by a Nebraskan inventor, to 

 carry a piano so as to prop- 

 erly distribute its weigl^t 

 over all four wheels of a 

 Ford roadster. 



