A large rubber raft able to room 25 castaways and supplies for 30 days

Title (Dublin Core): A large rubber raft able to room 25 castaways and supplies for 30 days
Subject (Dublin Core): en Technology; en Other
Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core): Caption: Twenty-five castaways, with enough supplies to last them 30 days, find ample room in the world's largest rubber raft
extracted text (Extract Text): TWENTY-FIVE CASTAWAYS, with enough
supplies to last them 30 days, find ample
room in the world’s largest rubber raft, pro-
duced by the Firestone Tire and Rubber
Company and tried out by the Coast Guard. |
Deflated and packed, as at lower left, theboat measures only seven by five by 1 1/2
feet. Only four minutes are needed to un-
pack and launch it. Three transverse pneu-
matic benches, 10 feet long, serve as seats;
a weather curtain (lower right) protects
occupants from wind, water, and sun.
Language (Dublin Core): eng
Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core): World War II
Date Issued (Dublin Core): 1944-01
Is Part Of (Dublin Core): Popular Science Monthly, v. 144, n. 1, 1944
pages (Bibliographic Ontology): 46
Rights (Dublin Core): Public Domain (Google digitized)
Source (Dublin Core): Google Books
References (Dublin Core): Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Archived by (Dublin Core): Lorenzo Chinellato; Marco Bortolami (editor)