Floating Safes for Ocean Liners

Titolo: Floating Safes for Ocean Liners
Oggetto: en Technology; en Ships
Article Title and/or Image Caption: Floating Safes for Ocean Liners. When the ship sinks, the safes, containing mail and valuables, rise to the surface; Caption 1: The inventor in his floating safe, on his way to the bottom of Lake Michigan in a test; Caption 2: Testing the fire resisting qualities of the safes. The boat was set on fire, after which it sank. The vaults floated to safety; Caption: 3 Ship in the act of sinking, showing tow of the safes which have floated immediately to the surface
Autore secondario: Menotti Nanni (inventor)
Lingua: eng
Copertura temporale: World War I
Data di rilascio: 1917-03
pagine: 323-324
Diritti: Public domain
Referenzia: Menotti Nanni Sr.; Cape Charles; SS Merida; SS Oceana; Beachy Head; RMS Lusitania; SS Islander; Juneau; Alaska; Lake Huron; General Grant; Auckland Islands; Tobermory; Scotland; Vigo; Spain under the Restoration
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