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Foreign News
January 31, 1798
The Kentucky Gazette
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
What is this article about?
A gentleman in Rotterdam has invented a small, unsinkable floating machine that can hold four men and withstand rough seas, designed to save shipwrecked mariners; it can be scaled to hold over 50 people.
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A gentleman in Rotterdam, we hear has invented a new floating machine, which though small, is capable of holding four men commodiously, and its astonishing construction is such as to defy the utmost fury of the seas, or the resistance of the most boisterous winds. It can neither overset nor sink, and may in all weathers and gales be steered whatever course those within shall deem necessary. The philanthropic view of the inventor is to save the lives of those unfortunate mariners, who incur the danger of shipwreck. It may be made on the same construction, large enough to hold upwards of fifty persons.
December 28.
December 28.
What sub-type of article is it?
Invention
Maritime Safety
What keywords are associated?
Rotterdam Invention
Floating Machine
Shipwreck Safety
Unsinkable Boat
Where did it happen?
Rotterdam
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Rotterdam
Event Date
December 28
Event Details
A gentleman in Rotterdam has invented a new floating machine capable of holding four men, unsinkable and unoverturnable even in furious seas and boisterous winds, steerable in all weathers. Intended to save shipwrecked mariners' lives; scalable to hold over fifty persons.