“ABSOLUTE ROT”
ATOMIC CAR CLAIM , VIEWS OF SCIENTISTS (Rec. 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, Dee. 2. Three of Britain’s leading scientists have derided the claim of Dr. John Wilson to have invented an atomic powered car. Professor M. L. Oliphant, who was one of the inventors of the atomic bomb, described Dr. Wilson’s claim as “absolute rot.” The secretary of the Royal Society, Dr. A. V. Hill, said: “It is complete rubbish.” Sir Lawrence Bragg said: “The claim is about as serious as the man who said he could locate planes by waving bits of his wife’s corsets in the air.” Dr* Wilson, replying to these comments, said: “I am not interested in their views. I worked alone, and they are trying to pick my brains. My car is driven by atomic energy from uranium, heavy water and another chemical which I will not divulge.”
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 66, Issue 45, 3 December 1945, Page 4
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