Corrected entry: Some of the rockets in which the captain's assistant puts into the cannon have duct/masking tape around them. Duct/masking tape wasn't invented then.
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Correction: While it's true that masking tape didn't exist in 1910 (it coming in the 1920s), an early version of "duck tape" was in use in America in the early 20th century. It's plausible that this was in use in London 1910 but duct tape as we now know it dates from WW2 and is different from early "duck tape".
Neil Jones