Eureka Reporter | 1904-05-13 | Page 5 | An Anti-Sea-Sick Vessel

an anti sea S ck vessel aleut turc of the french navy has after much study devised a plan for a ship the pa on which will as he imagines be proof against sea sicknesses he has caught the idea from the motion of a swing As a general rule vessels are only set roll ing from ten to fifteen seconds at a time and as his would have a agular swing of twenty two seconds he cal that the effect of the waves would thus be counteracted M turc s model ship would be of about 6 tons burden and would sail at a speed of nineteen knots all the cabins would be well out of the water as they would be constructed ori a deck more than thirty feet above the sea level