Show HOW ZEPPELINS DROP RAIN OF VIOLENT DEATH B By Special News Service LONDON Dec 21 The 21 The bomb dropping dropping dropping drop- drop ping mechanism of a Zeppelin captured by the tho British was described in a re recent recent ro- ro cent number of the London Sphere There are sixty bomb droppers for conical bombs The base Is slung In straps and there Is a strap around the neck The latter has a releasing hook and when the hook is operated the small end first drops down and the base slides out of its straps The bomb th thin then n rights itself and drops base down down- ward The bombs are slung g in one or two or-two two lines along long the under und side of the mall mail hull f The releasing hook Is operated by an electro magnet and there thero Is a small switchboard in the cabin for controlling the release Each bomb has hasa a separate switch The bombs can be released by hand lever also In case caso the electric means fail Each bomb has a safety device and is not alive until it has dropped several hundred feet |