Show I 1 stein steam lift LITO boat S f e chronicle Cr tinkle service LONDON nov 8 the tests of the 0 steam tea in lifeboat life boat which bai bite just be been en brought out in england have proved remarkably satisfactory the maneus ering powers cef ot the boat being doing admirable ml rby going at lull full speed she made with rudder a half circle in thirty five fire seconds and a full all one in fifty seconds going slowly with rudder and turbine a fall full circle was made in forty seconds conde ee by working the levers lovers on deck the boat was brought from fall full speed to a dead stop t 0 p 1 in n thirty t y two seconds and from a d dead e d atop t to 0 toll fall speed in four seconds these tests how ebow how bow entirely the boat ia is under control ot of the officer on deck no communication whatever being necessary with the engine room a as the machinery always runs in one direction the consumption of coal under forced draught is eaid said to bo be little more than two hundred weight per hour and the supply will last for thirty hours the steam life boat is likely to 0 o come into general use on dangerous dan gerom parta parts of the english coast |