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| Picture No | 10822762 |
| Date | June 1915 |
| Description | Munitions Factory 1915 |
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A scene in a British munitions factory, owned by Vickers Ltd. Shown here is the process of 'nosing' a shell. Metal cylinders are heated in a furnace by the man shown in the foreground. He passes them to the next man along, who puts the glowing end beneath a press which gives the cylinder the conical head on which the percussion or fuse cap is ultimately fixed. Behind the workers may be seen walls of shells.
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| Source | Front cover drawn by Fortunino Matania in 'The Sphere', 3 July 1915 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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