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Professor Winchell says that while this may be only a sailor's yarn, it is
at the same time well known that these creatures do attain a fearful size.
The recent discovery of the cuttlefish in Florida may lead to some
extremely interesting discoveries.
HORSELESS FIRE-ENGINE.
A monster steam fire-engine is being built for the city of Boston, and it
is to be a horseless engine.
For some time past the Fire Department has been seeking for some engine
powerful enough to throw water to the top of the very high buildings--the
skyscrapers, as they are called.
An ordinary engine is of very little use for these tall buildings. And an
engine large and powerful enough to throw the water to the necessary
height would be so heavy that no horses could draw it.
The difficulty has been met by the invention of this horseless engine,
which will throw a two-inch stream of water over 300 feet into the air.
The engine is propelled much in the same way as a steam engine. The driver
sits on a seat in front of the engine, and steers it by means of a wheel,
and the engine is moved by steam.
When it arrives at the fire, the driving arrangement is disconnected, and
all the energy of the steam is turned into the apparatus for forcing up
the water.
The engine is sixteen feet long, seven feet wide, and ten feet high. How
terrified the horses in the roads will be when this huge monster comes
rushing toward them, spouting fire, and appearing to move of its own free
will.
LIEUTENANT WISE AND HIS KITE.
We gave an account, in an earlier number, of Lieutenant Wise and his
efforts to make kites strong enough to lift soldiers into the air, that
they may overlook an enemy's fortifications.
He has almost succeeded. The other day he made a fresh attempt, and had
himself raised forty-two feet in the air.
He sent up four kites, with a pulley and rope attached. To this rope a
boatswain's chair was fastened, and when the wind was blowing steadily
enough for him to make the attempt, he seated himself in the chair, and
had the soldiers who were helping him draw him up toward the kites.
They succeeded in pulling him up forty-two feet, and when he was lowered
again he said that he did not feel uncomfortable while in his lofty perch,
and that the swinging motion was very slight.
The experiment was made on Governor's Island, New York Harbor.
G.H.R.
VICTOR L. LAWSON HORACE WHITE HOKE SMITH
President First Vice-President Second Vice-President
DIRECTORS
John Norris
M.H. de Young
Frederick Driscoll
F.B. Noyes
T.G. Rapier
C.W. Knapp
Clayton McMichael
A.J. Barr
L. Markbreit
Stephen O'Meara
Victor F. Lawson
MELVILLE E. STONE General Manager
CHARLES S. DIEHL Assistant General Manager
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