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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.

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.

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