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Show DOAT TO 8AIL ON LAND. Youthful Eastern Inventor Has Quilt Novel Vehicle. This lutest thing In tho way of n vehicle Is n land sallbont, which hns been Invented by Master Pombroko Jones, Jr., aped 12, of Nowport, nnd which, If It proves all tho youtiR man expects, Is suro to attract attention in tho world of science. Tho boat, In n gencrnl way, looks llko nn Iceboat on wheels. It Is 25 feet over all nnd is In two parts. Llko an iceboat, it is really nothing but n framowork, from which rises a mast carrying n slnglo Ball llko that of a catbeat. Tho rear section of tho craft Is Erjutvo and running through It laterally later-ally Is an axle, upon each end of which Is a blcyclo wheel. Tho forward section is In tho form of a trlanglo, giving tho vehlclo a general trlangu lar form. On tho front of tho forward section is another blcyclo wheel, making mak-ing threo wheels in all upon which tho land boat runs. r Tho forward and aft sections aro connected by a plnnk upon which tho forward section turns on what is known on a carrlago as a fifth wheel. The forward wheel, by which tho land boat is to bo steered, Is connect ed to an ordinary steering wheel, located lo-cated In the rear section, tho gear nnd methods of connection being that employed in yachts. Now York American. |
