. Review of reviews and world's work. NationalLifeboat Institution of England. In tests under all conditions of weather and weighting, near the Isle of Wight,an old type of lifeboat, uewly eqixipped with a two-cylinder ten horse-power gasoline motor, gave complete satisfac-tion. This boat is now being submitted to further at Newhaven, in the Channel life-saving service.— SOME veiv interesting types of lifeboats liaverecently been tested in Europe. One ofthe cleverest is the invention of a is really- a life-buoy, designed by Capt. , and is especially planned
. Review of reviews and world's work. NationalLifeboat Institution of England. In tests under all conditions of weather and weighting, near the Isle of Wight,an old type of lifeboat, uewly eqixipped with a two-cylinder ten horse-power gasoline motor, gave complete satisfac-tion. This boat is now being submitted to further at Newhaven, in the Channel life-saving service.— SOME veiv interesting types of lifeboats liaverecently been tested in Europe. One ofthe cleverest is the invention of a is really- a life-buoy, designed by Capt. , and is especially planned to permit theshipwrecked who have left the ship to steerfor some days on the open sea toward a givengoal, or else to sustain themselves until help ai*-rives. This life-buoy is a hollow sphere, fromwhich one segment, the surface of which formsthe bottom, has been cut out. Tiie sphere con-sists of steel plates and has a double bottom ;it is fitted with an anchor, reindeer cushions forsixteen men. sails, and all the necessary accesso-. {||i|nPt; ■ / ji^mtr^^ ^^K^«L a ^^^.. „ imS^^^^^^^Km- THE UONVIU Mri:-IU()V. THE ENGELHAHUT 21-FOOT BOAT, COLLAPSED, BEINGLOWERED INTO THE WATER. ]ies, as well as sufficient accommodation for anuml)er of passengers and food. Between thetwo bottoms may be stored about 560 liters ofdrinking water. An air-pipe ti-aversing thetop is fitted with a valve for rapid opening andclosing. A manhole cover has been arrangedin the top. Experiments made by the Norwegian Depart-ment of Trade, Navigation, and Industry withthis buoy gave satisfaction. The buoy, it istrue, seems to be more suitable for use on l)oardlarge freight steamers, as the skill necessaryfor its handling makes it more fit for use byexperienced seamen than by passengers. The lifeboat invented by Captain Copenhagen, Denmark, has been especiallydesigned so as to take up the least possiblespace. It is unsinkable with its full complementof passengers on board, even if serio
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