Big Bertha The Cannon that Shook the World (or Never Existed)

The Big Bertha was a 42cm howitzer, model L/14 designed in the aftermath of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904 on behalf of the German Army. Ely Callaway designed one of the most popular golf clubs ever. Ely ... Callaway built clubs for everyday players, but they were popular ... How Bertha simultaneously dug and built a tunnel; Engineering background ... History, Themes, Transit, Transportation, Travel & Regional Interest ... The Big Bertha was the first "big" rocket I ever built. I got one when I was 12 and in the hospital. The nurses all thought I was crazy for building a model ... Big Bertha (German language: Dicke Bertha) — literal translation "Thick (or fat) Bertha" — is the name of a type of super-heavy howitzer developed by the ... The Estes Big Bertha is one of the oldest model rocket kits in production, first being introduced in the early 1960's. Big Bertha was a Droimeann cow who held two Guinness World Records. She was so famous that after her death a wake was held in the town of Sneem ... Together they make big plans and get married in Pforzheim on July 20, 1872. ... More on the first long-distance car journey. Bertha Benz. Founders and ... In 1900 Alfred Krupp's armaments factory at Essen, Germany, began building a 350-mm howitzer that could fire an 800 lb shell over 10,000 yards. Big Berta's history started with the newer version of the 30.5-cm Beta-Gerat howitzer. There, the Germans wanted vastly superior offensive power, and had ...