TWENTY-THREE MILES AN HOUR AND NO SEA-SICKNESS.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 94, 19 July 1879, Page 3

TWENTY-THREE MILES AN HOUR AND NO SEA-SICKNESS.

\ aolitsmen ii.il* 1 tourists \v!io visit t'ic Me uf Wight or Southampton haw often been puzzled liy a strange era;'! that cruises in those'wafers, ami wiii. Ii ! invnrinlilv siows down to ordiuarv sp-od j when n|>]>3-.wi-li-<] hv ~;!,...• '„.-...;< j She seldom appaafs'tn have .in;. :.,,:,:■ I gay pioasllle-scckel.,; 1.11 l ««:.T,.»'il I an.l otlr<r< who Ii uv .v ;to ic I ': re! , ■ .\ ] till of bursts ol .-; lin whi L -!i si„. I Hie Ihrnu-h th- water !i!;» an . \-.,.,.,J ~. :„ s!i,' is:!,.. .. .■',-.' ■ I and til.' P'-mi -In w a !l|.,se i "-. j. •■I i - incuts li.iv.. ;,. | aiv a, t.,]\. ■,-: i ),„■ spindle-shaped >',.:,,..,,. ;„■,;, |. ~ i. IM , ~. than the Ureal Lis', in, ~rim n ;. ~| 100,000 horse-power, ami will "l„. J.i.i- I polled by twin screws mi.l**r the all -r ipiartt-r of the \.-.■■!. The. mean so i of this v.--,.;,- is e\pe..te,l lo I wr :■;. n.MiS !'•.-;! or twenty-thac statute ml ■- high containing, in part, stnti moms looking mil ..ii tin n'ar balconies, I. it having within a ii rllow c_\ i nlcr .■■■:- twilling vertically throughout iis ■ --Iri ■<■ l«ngth, ami traversed i.• an inmieiisi Wei-ht susceptible of being itdjllslrd ai any desired height, 'i bis i- an involution ..f Mr. Wiiiiimi L. W'inaiis. ai.d the effect that it, produces upon t ;<■ motion of the vessel is precisely the reverse of tilllt will-!, one WOllid 111. St readily inl.r. Wh'in "scaled" to a proper height, in proportion to the " heat' or mottion of the piovaiiing, it. ah.- i lutely prevents all r.ming. Th.i great length of this t-teamer will prevent pitching, so lha!, pr.snming i! ju.siili.-s the claims and expectations nf the inventors, it sliimlil he very advantageous for purposes of ocean travel. It is designed mi' the trans-Atlantic mail and passenger service, and their poll of enlrv in this country will he New London, t'i..| of which ii special survey was made three vears since with this view. MilTon! I'lavcn is expwt.il to he the port of entry for Ureal Ihilain. That it will revolutionise ocean travel is the viction of the Mrs. Wimuis, and on that conviction they have expended | millions, a and are about to expend sii'.i j more it h.-.i ,-• th i' 'ii sti ii ; . ■ ■•.: ■' ' j three oilier "similar vessels) sis : athat described shall have been sin fully operated. Tlie climated c.i ; ... | construction of these vessels is Xl,otX , ,'l"<> I each, and it is coldidelltly believed hv I the Messrs. Wiuans ami many of their friends that thev will accomplish the L pnssngo of the Atlantic ill less than I, six day .-at all.seasons and ill -jit •».'',, weather which has been known as yet on , , that ocean ]