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October 8, 2015

WW2 cipher machine up for auction on October 27

by Laura Domela

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Simon Singh, science writer and Sense About Science trustee, is auctioning his Second World War cipher machine to raise money for the AllTrials campaign and Good Thinking.

The M-209 is a portable mechanical cipher machine (about the size of a lunchbox) that was used by the US military during WW2 and the Korean War.
via AllTrials

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