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Description: | 9 views mostly of senior officials and dignitaries attending the W.D.trials of the oil powered "walking engine" built by Hornsby of Grantham; it was at these trials that it was dubbed "caterpillar track"; h/H14 shows the chain-track tractor itself; guests include King Edward VII, seen in the back of a car, also the Prince and Princess of Wales, later King George V and Queen Mary; also shows Mr David Roberts inventor and Charles James of Hornsby's both in top hats and tail coats | Subjects: | Engineering Army Costume | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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