[SEL] Japanese engines

[David Rotigel]

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David Rotigel
rotigel at alltel.net



On Dec 17, 2008, at 1:23 AM, Rob Skinner wrote:
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> Chuck-san,
> Surely, there must be SOME really old Japanese iron laying about,
> under a collapsed barn or half buried in a creek.  We Gaijin are
> taught in school that the pre-WWII Japanese were nothing better than
> feudalistic ox drivers, but that's just western propaganda.

No Rob, I think that's a pretty good assesment of the Jap potential  
prior to their starting the build up in order to mount their sneak  
attack on Pearl.
>
>
> This morning I was reading an article, written in 1909, about the
> Japanese coal, iron, steel and shipbuilding industries.  I'm no expert
> and don't care to look up numbers, but I would wager that the Japanese
> industrial capacity in 1909 surpassed the industrial capacity of 90%
> of the worlds countries in 2008.

You might want to start looking here Rob
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>
> Young-san, you mentioned a bloke who is your Chuck Wendel.  Is there a
> book available, one with a few pictures, for those of us who don't
> care to learn another language?
>
> Rob
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