Life Raft Supports 30 Person on "Net" of Discs
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Life rafts that hold 30 persons are being made of a network of rubber discs strung together with ropes. The discs are formed from a new rubber which has twice the buoyancy of cork and is composed of small cells filled with nitrogen gas. The extreme lightness of the raft makes it especially valuable as a lifesaving aid in torpedo sinkings when there is no time to launch a lifeboat. Attached to the ropes are self-lighting electric lamps which float in the water and guide rescuers to the scene. The rubber, developed by United States Rubber Company, is resistant to oil, acid and fire.
- Title (Dublin Core)
- Life Raft Supports 30 Person on "Net" of Discs
- Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core)
- Life Raft Supports 30 Person on "Net" of Discs
- Language (Dublin Core)
- Eng
- Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core)
- World War II
- Date Issued (Dublin Core)
- 1942-08
- Is Part Of (Dublin Core)
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Popular Mechanics, vol. 78, n. 2, 1942
- pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
- 5
- Rights (Dublin Core)
- Public domain
- Source (Dublin Core)
- Google books
- References (Dublin Core)
- United States of America
- Archived by (Dublin Core)
- Enrico Saonara
