Nicholas, Charlotte (fl. 1915)

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Nicholas, Charlotte (fl. 1915)

English inventor. Fl. 1915 in England.

Developed a minesweeping apparatus (patent no. 22625 granted on July 15, 1915); was a fellow of the Institute of Inventors; patented "disintegrators" (patent no. 22552 granted on Feb 17, 1915); claimed to have thought of using tanks during WWI before Winston Churchill launched the idea.

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