SUBMARINE INVENTIONS

Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 811, 28 January 1903, Page 4

SUBMARINE INVENTIONS

Ita!v Inis another inventor whose name seems likely to iiecomc as lamous as Marconi’s. Big. Pm«’» tious described in the Contemporary Review by l)r. Carlo Iberti, promise O VC mankind a complete sovereignly of the seas-of all the wealth as well as all the scientific mysteries hidden' in, their deepest depths. 1 hey. include a submarine boat and a new photographic apparatus of wonder ul power, which he calls the hyd 'boat is a small affair, devoid ot utility in war, but capable of carry in- two persons to any depth, and ot heimt held there immovable and oerftet eifuilibrium for any length time Its two occupants can work in it on the bed of the sea lor twelve Pours continuously without needing to return to the surface tor air, ime >. ohiect is clearly seen from it, at any. depth through windows made oi special crystal, and it can move freely on the door of the ocean on an ingenious single wheel propelled by an electric lll 'jL’he hydroscope enables its operator Islanding in an open boat on the siufacc to take clear photographs ot the K bed and all the objects thereon for an extensive area around the oppoint. It illuminates the depth °and brings their contents with*in rciich oi the camera. If Sig. Pino’s claims are made good Um incalculable riches buried since lime hegan in the fathomless caver ns of Neptune, including the great Athenian sculptures sunk m the Are upcago in the Pompeian wars, will be recovered without much , diiticulty. The addition in that east to world’s stuck of gold will lie enormous j