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Re:Conversations among German Nuclear Physicists at Farm Hal... by marksweston on Friday February 08, 2019 @09:07AM (#19114183)
> Fascinating stuff, really interesting characters. I for one never knew the Germans were pursuing fission for the production of "engines". Do yourselves a favor and read the entire transcript.

I'm fairly sure that by "engines" they meant reactors.

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Re:Conversations among German Nuclear Physicists at Farm Hal... by mgoetzke on Friday February 08, 2019 @10:26AM (#19115038)
They talk about a 'Maschine' in the German version 'a machine' and clearly mean a machine to produce energy i.e a reactor.
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