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Show AUTO Runs ON BOTTOM of SEA ONE of the most curious vessels ever devised de-vised Is, being constructed for Simon Lake, American submurine engineer and inventor. in-ventor. It is a submarine motor car. in which he proposes to take a holiday under the sea in the West Indies. - The motor car will run on wheels at the bottom of the sea, and will be connected by a great tube with a surface vessel a sort of house boat which will move In unison. The tube will be in adjustable sections and will be capable of extension to 130 feet The dimensions of the under-water motor car will be 23 feet by 9 feet. Glass panels one and one-half inches thick will enable travelers to survey the ocean's tioor by means of a powerful light equipment. One of the most ingenious portions of the apparatus is an air lock syslem, which enables a door to he opened so that a traveler trav-eler equipped with diving dress, of course can step on to the sea bottom and stroll alongside the "car." |