Show QUAKE A josp L E PROOF R 0 0 F HOUSE H T TOY in TS I 1 it SCIENTIST CLAIMS DEVICE WILL WITHSTAND SHOCKS would set buildings on steel pivot making them independent of unreliable ground spring buffers prevent collapse berlia prot prof eugene tug no bermell Bor mell the noted german sculptor has bits patented an invention for building houses which can withstand earthquake shocks chocks 1 prof bermell maintains that it U la is bulte possible to build cities where the severest possible earthquake shock would cause no loss of Ws life at all or only a mall loss of life in comparison with that incurred in the recent terrible disasters at san francisco and meisina MeBS Meg lna sina explaining his new method prof bermell says llo houses uses which can successfully withstand earthquake earth shocks can only bo be built by a radical departure depasture depa iture from the recognized methods ot of architecture it the soil of any t town own be treacherous or should its capacity for resistance to earthquakes bo be cleat then I 1 maintain that the foundations of buildings must be rendered independent of the unreliable ground in which they stand prof bermell overcomes chrs initial difficulty by resting the entire house together with its foundation on ba a central steel pivot the whole house together with a steel foundation of enormous weight rests on this central pivot the house and its foundation are separated from the surrounding ground by a space which gradually widens from the pivot at the extreme base to the tha level of surface each house bouse thus forms a little island except that there Is no surrounding water but only space this space must be bridged over to enable the house to be approached tho the frame of tho the house must be or of steel when tho the earthquake shock occurs the whole steel structure including the foundations sways on the central pivot at the extreme base in thus swaying however there would still be shock caused by the spherical steel foundation striking the earth on oil either side at each owing awing and to meet this danger prof cormell provides tor for eight spring butters buffers whose action would be similar to the buffers between railway cars these thesa butters buffers would only come coma into action when then house bouse shakes violently and would mitigate the effects of the shock tho the bul building iding Is in a normal condition not connected with the ground except by the steel pivot and in case of shock abode additional connections are established by the eight spring buffers prof cormell li ormell has haa received inquiries regarding the possibility of applying ho his plan to io the reconstruction of messina from tho the spanish ships their treasure tren suro according to tho the captain tho the treasure was found and was waa removed to australia after the schooner had broken up ill and all of at tho the crew except the captain the steward and hiat himself self had perished tho the rema remaining inin 0 was burled buried on another island before this country waa reached the captain and steward died therefore he la is the only man who knows the whereabouts of the treasure capt drown brown left this port on tho the mariposa Marl posa ile ho plans to outfit a small steamer when he reaches the group of at islands where the treasure la Is burled buried his family lives la in providence R 1 |