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Show SwImmlnQ by Machinery. An Ingenious apparatus designed to carry even persons unskilled In swimming swim-ming has been devised by a French engineer- Th upparatus constats of an alr-fllied cushion fixed on the back of a person, which, by supplying the desirable de-sirable floating capacity, prevents him fmn sinking. Fastened to the chest by means of leather straps is a shield fitted In front of the head for protecting pro-tecting the nose and mouth against the lmpnct of the waves. This, as well as another shield, likewise fastened fas-tened to the chest, carries the propelling propel-ling device proper, consisting of a small screw which moves to and fro fin n worm nhnft. The propeller Is actuated by a hand-driven hand-driven lever system. Both hands seize the end of a long lever arm to produce the reciprocating motion, resulting in the rotation of the propeller on Its worm ptuift. The Invention Is held to be useful for sport as well as for life Having. |
