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    Quote Originally Posted by DA Aquamaster View Post
    They used alcohol and water to generate the steam but that technology never really worked out for cave diving as the cave divers kept drinking all the alcohol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by a64pilot View Post
    Your all a bunch of Old Farts,
    but there really were steam powered torpedoes, apparently you could see those ones coming

    I thought you were joking.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_14_torpedo


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    Quote Originally Posted by DA Aquamaster View Post
    They used alcohol and water to generate the steam but that technology never really worked out for cave diving as the cave divers kept drinking all the alcohol.
    Yup, my uncle who served in the Pacific in WWII used to talk about drinking "torpedo juice". According to him it was pure or nearly pure ethanol.


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    Like shedding a tear for Lord Admiral Nelson" to ask permission to use the head.
    http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...1163541AAHu6yr

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    Quote Originally Posted by rddvet View Post
    I thought you were joking.
    No, but if you want to see something interesting look up "supercavitation"



 

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