Show NEED NOT BE A SWIMMER new device for propelling a person in water new york sept 12 A cable despatch to it morning paper from parts paris says I 1 tile the french inventor who devised the motor boats boat has now conceived in all adapt fou of the the petrol motor for supply supplying lug the human body w with ith pech mechanical ch anical power for prop propulsion ulal on in tho the I 1 water every man may thus acom I 1 his own motor boit boat in order to use the device a need not be a swimmer for in add tion to its propulsive powers the ap Is devised to keep the bod allott A water tight box containing a little petrol engine and a fuel aisup ply is strapped to the users back other parts of the apparatus corn 01 prise a saddle like a ram on which tt user sits air bags to give the feces sary buoyancy and nd a propeller Is operated by the engine two tivo rods rodi give control of the speed while th steering Is accomplished by alteri nj the position of the hands tho inventor thinks that the chief chie use of the apparatus will be in ili lifa alf saving for in an emergency the ator has only to start the motor tor bj turning a little crank sling tho the bo on his bis back get into the saddle launch himself in the water I 1 |