A rainmaker?

NAA: MP76/1, 1001, p. 3

Article by Wolf Klaphake on water condensers, published in 1942 by the Society of Industrial Chemists, in the inventions correspondence files of the Army Inventions Directorate.

Klaphake's talk was published in the Society's journal.

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NAA: MP508/1, 255/741/381, p. 68

Letter from HJ Davys, Governing Director of Industrial Microbiology Pty Ltd, to Prime Minister, 1 November 1938, page 3 of three-page letter, in the Department of the Army general correspondence files.

Letter from HJ Davys to the Prime Minister on behalf of Wolf Klaphake.

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NAA: B300, 1343 Part 1, p. 3

Letter from Acting General Superintendent to Commissioner Commonwealth Railways, 6 June 1918, in a file on water condensers in the correspondence files of the Commonwealth Railways Commissioner.

Acting General Superintendent to Commissioner Commonwealth Railways, 6 June 1918.

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NAA: MP76/1, 1001, p. 9

Letter from David Rivett to Wolf Klaphake, 20 February 1936, in the inventions correspondence files of the Army Inventions Directorate.

David Rivett's reply ended Klaphake's hopes that he would be able to interest the Australian governments in financing his dew condenser.

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NAA: ST1233, N20785, p. 805

Report from Mr Harrison (Suburban Mayor), nd (c. May 1940), on Wolf Klaphake's experiments on turning garbage into fertiliser, in the investigation files of the Investigation Branch, New South Wales.

'Report from Mr Harrison (Suburban Mayor)', nd (c. May 1940).

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