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Scientific American, Vol. 59, No. 9 (1888) (1888)

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t where they would interfere A REMARKABLE RAFT. A novel system of buoying up vessels by means of| with the work aboard ship. When the buoys are} On the ilth of August, after a voyage of eleven days, collapsible buoys attached thereto, and connected with] lifted up, they can also be turned to catch… … on the ship’s sides, or on knees, the hang- TRAVIS’ DEVICES FOR PUOYING UP VESSELS. from this region of country, in two hundred ers being fastened low down on the ship’s or more vessels, suggested to Hugh R. Rob- side. The braces are caught by locks on ertson, of St. John, the idea of towing 20,000…

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