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Show INVENTOR MAKES WATER TALK Contrivance Known as "Katie" Is Hailed as a Most Valuable Aid to Navigators. "Katie," one of the most wonderful inventions exhibited ut the recent shipping engineering exhibition in London, is likely to prove the most valuable aid to sea captains and navigators navi-gators yet discovered. "Katie" is the name given to the invention of an engineer, en-gineer, by which he makes water talk. It is an automatic float, with a sensitive sen-sitive depth-finding mechanism connected con-nected telephonically, and Is placed on the surface of the water. Another delicate del-icate instrument rests on the bottom, with a wire connection. When an engineer en-gineer wants to know the depth of water at a particular spot he rings' up "Katie" bn the phone and she tells him the exact depth. She speaks in soft, jerky buzzes in the manner of the Morse code, and when she gets out of her depth she stutters. If the current is too strong she becomes speechless. "Katie" will also warn a captain how much water has got into the hold or the engine room after a collision. The floating ship's safe Is another wonderful invention. It automatically casts itself adrift from a sinking ship, and will send lip a distress signal every hour for twelve hours. A sound signal is also given, and it will burn a light at night for three months. |