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Many years ago I remember reading some short stories that were based on engineering solutions to some real life problems. They were written in a humorous fashion with dashing, intelligent characters (the engineers), beautiful ladies (the women that loved them) and so on. The collection was large and in several volumes dating back to at least the World War 2.
I remember one story where a jungle mining operation lost their source of compressed air and they solved the problem by diverting a stream into a cave. The air entrained in the stream water as it cascaded into the cave released and built up enough pressure in a cavity to operate the necessary equipment when the air was routed from the cavity with a hose.
There was another story where a merchant ship was torpedoed and the ship's de-gaussing equipment was modified to serve as a welder to make repairs.
These stories told you exactly how the problem was solved and were entertaining to boot. Has anybody heard of or seen these stories? I would like to get my hands on some if I could.
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