Show tyiliF BUOY ON WHltELS CURIOUS MACIIINR INVENTQD UY M BADATHON n r on rut tp a utti IIIh New 111 Ifwy wrrle 1 w enpm will w blurs Us III el Mjilil enl yfak 1lt I MAN In Pronto i S hue Invented a life I buoy whleh has 11 11 I many tf the cla meals ot a yacht s It Is provided with t5 sills nnJ a propeller I I e propel-ler It will maintain ii r loin a man abort I tho waves nnd It I p carries a compass I to steer with which Is likewise provided with a light at night I This lifebuoy folds up Into a very small pace and the shipwrecked mariner mar-iner could with a machine of this kind 1 maintain hlmtelf afloat for days nt a time He could even carry a supply of water and food It not some extra cloth Ins I 1 Francois Harathon of Paris was tho Inventor 1 of this machine which for compactness surpasses anything In the I Hmo line previously developed Tho Harathon lifebuoy at tho new machine I ma-chine has been called lint been put to Mtere tats by Ibo Trench government which will doubtlet adopt It on many ot Ihe French mea of wnr I The now lifebuoy really conilst I of IAn I-An elongated 1 rubber bilwn This serves nt onco nft n float and a sent There li I n hollow tuba running through this rubber bag anti tho tuba Inclnte the draft for a horizontal propeller pro-peller limbs propeller II I worked with pedals exactly like a bicycle mod when > J r j II 1 > fI IfI t nJ < n1 f j 1 01 II fi I 1r I t 1f j cIt t rL J ii r J J v I b it < k 1i tfti J = = j i r 4 = = i t 1 Il J 4r A Wil f r i Tim IIICYCIK I IIFIM1UOY WITH WIIBKL3 there li no wind tho shipwrecked mariner mar-iner on tho llirallion lifebuoy can propel l pro-pel himself nt n contldernblo peed When there li I IIgOG1 I breeze blowing ho can spread hale tall and skim over tho water III well AS It he were In a I canoe Tho propeller has been rigged both as a arrow and ni paddle I Tho tube which rum through tho I balloon li really lie backbone of the lfalII lob machine ia this the hardy mariner I who inmate ida lIfo to tea buoy bashes I hlmiclf ta prevent hlfi being swept away by heavy tea which may break over him I Tho mcchnntim li cancelled In a watertight box In front which It out flclently largo to atilit notation It It to this box that tho mast la I arllxcd and hero signal flags lira > idA id-A curious thing nbout this now and Improtcd Ilfcbuoy IB I that It li fitted with a urllcal propeller to assist Ito lotion This propeller li I worlcnl by tho liandu whllo Ibo crtleal propeller for propulsion la worked by tho pedals A fair ipeed hn been nltalned wllh thli machine Trovloui llfcbuo were I only deilgned to float a man In the water but this now type wll nulit n I loan to reach the land In cane no ship may bo In bit neighborhood |