Show WALKING IN THE WATER engi the inventor of novel life sav ng apparatus mr mcevoy s life apparatus possesses several advantages by it he can walk in the water and bis ex perl ments certainly are interesting as showing that a man who cannot swim may yet be sustained in and make considerable progress through the water few inventions in which in belts are concerned beaire tl e progression of the wearer through the water mr mcevoy cannot be said to walk upon the water the element envelops him almost up to the arm pits the value of the invention Is life saving and in that direction it appears to justify all the claim made for it in the thames off the victoria embankment the other day mr mcevoy gave a second demon str atlon of the usefulness of the cos tume which he has just completed the essential part of mr mcevoy s invention Is the coat resembling in life saving apparatus many ways a pilot coat but having round the waist an air belt which keeps the upper part of the body above water attached to his legs the inventor has a pair of gaiters weigh pounds each fitted with brass wings which open and shut as the wearer walks through the water london telegraph |