Apparatus for studying explosions stereoscopically

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APPARATUS FOR MAKING STEREO-PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE COLLAPSING LINER OF AN EXPLOSING SHAPED CHARGE WHICH COMPRISES; MEANS FOR MOUNTING A LINED SHAPED EXPLOSIVE CHARGE ADAPTED TO BE EXPLODED TO PROJECT A HIGH-VELOCITY JET FORWARDLY ALONG AN AXIS; A PAIR OF PLANE STEREO-OBJECT MIRRORS MOUNTED IN FRONT OF SAID CHARGE MOUNTING MEANS AT POINTS LATERALLY SPACED FROM SAID AXIS AND POSITIONED TO REFLECT TOWARDS SAID AXIS IMAGES OF THE LINER OF A SHAPED CHARGE MOUNTED IN SAID MOUNTING MEANS; AN OPTICAL SYSTEM HAVING A PORTION THEREOF INTERSECTED BY SAID AXIS, SAID OPTICAL SYSTEM REFLECTING THE IMAGES RECEIVED FROM SAID MIRRORS ALONG SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL, CLOSELY SPACED PATHS DISPOSED AT A SUBSTANTIAL ANGLE TO SAID AXIS; A CAMERA DISPOSED ENTIRELY AT ONE SIDE OF SAID AXIS AND POSITIONED TO PHOTOGRAPH THE IMAGES REFLECTED ALONG SAID PARALLEL PATHS; MEANS FOR EXPLODING A SHAPED CHARGE MOUNTED IN SAID MOUNTING MEANS; AND MEANS FOR OPERATING SAID CAMERA TO PHOTOGRAPHIC THE EXPLOSION.