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Re: Hoist with his own petard – politicalbetting.com
Nigelb
2:25PM
Here are John Randall and Harry Boot (inventors of the cavity magnetron). https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/photos/cavity-magnetron
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Re: Hoist with his own petard – politicalbetting.com
Nigelb
1:38PM
Great film, too.
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Re: Hoist with his own petard – politicalbetting.com
Nigelb
1:28PM
Actors. Also, some boffins, confusingly, were military. (Frank Whittle)
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Re: Hoist with his own petard – politicalbetting.com
Nigelb
1:20PM
Boffin was military slang, though, was it not ? Denoted their appreciation of the practical use of the 'backroom boys', combined with the military mild contempt for the non-combatant. Along with igno…
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Re: Hoist with his own petard – politicalbetting.com
Nigelb
12:58PM
See also GNU.
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