The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 19, 1896, Page 29

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JULY 19, 1896. T0 CAKLAND IN A SUBMARINE TUBE. A Transportation Proba- bility of the Near Future. Carriages Propelled at Enormous Rate of Speed by Atmos- pheric Pressure. An Easy and Ccmforfable Method of | Crossing the Bay—For Passen- gers and Freight. Itis quite a safe prophecy thaterrly in the twentieth century the citizens of San Franeisco and Oakland will look back upon the present transportation facilities acrossthe bay with the same feelings of wonderment at the slowness of things in the year 1896 as we now do to the early days before steam was made to supplant the sail and the oar, The law of progress is ever onward. Some day we or our children will cross the bay inan instant. But how? Will it be by flying-machines or the pneumatic submarine method? Here prophecy ceases and speculation begins. Professor Frank M. Close, in the fol- | Jowing interesting article, has outlined | for ‘“The Call”” readers a brief sketch of his ideas of future transpcrtation be- tween San Francisco and Oakiand. Be- ing an expert in the department of phy- sica! science, Professor Close’s contribu- tion to this ever-fascinating subject of the scientific possibilities of the future is not only highly entertaining but con- iains much food for serious thought. One of the greatest factors in civiliza- | tion is a means of transportation. The de- velopment of the world is accelerated or impeded according as the facilities for the | transportation of passengers and freight are good or bad. | The railroad has proven to be the most | potent agent in the civilization of the | world. ! Land transportation has reached a fairly satisfactory stage. Marine transportation | remains extremely crude, and presents but slight improvement upon primitive methods. The sail has been substituted | for the oar, and the steam propeller is| gradually supplanting the sail, but as yet marine transportation is lacking in both | speed and capacity, and is under all pres- ent systems continually menaced by delay | and wreckage resulting from unfavorable | and stormy weather. Not only upon the great highways of | commerce, the bays and gulfs and lakes | and oceans, do the necessities of traffic | meet with difficulty of atteinment, but also in the crossing of small bodies of | water, as estuaries and basins. The waterv expanse between San Francisco | and Oakland is an example. Itis an im- | mense hindrance to the -commerce of the | citics upon its opposite.shores. To arrive at an intelligent conclusion as to the best mode of marne transporta- tion, it will be necessary to consider the bjections to existing methods. Navigation confined to the surface of the water has to contend with unfavorable winds and surface currents of water that not unfrequently increase to dangerous proportions; while the almost continuous presence of waves forming an unequal surface adds no litile impediment. The employment of submarine vessels, sunken to a depth below the surface of the water, and thus avoiding wave action, would in some respects be a gain over the surface system, as thereby the deterrent effects of unfavorable winds would be avoided. There are ro real mechanical difficulties in the way of constructing and operating & submarine vessel. But the resistance offered by tne dense medium through which the submarine vessel has 1o pass requires the expenditure of enor- mous pewer to accomplish desirable speed. Celerity, safety ana certainty are essen- tial factors of perfect transportation, and each and all are measurably wanting in existing modes of marine transportation. The submarine transportation of the future will be conducted by means of tubes or tunnels resting upon the bed of the sea. Let us suppose a continuous tube of a slightly elliptical cross-section, having an | internal diameter of, say ten feet, with walls a foot in thickness, laid between San Francisco and Oakland. There would not be the slightest difficulty in driving through the tube, by pneumatic pressure, a single carriage or a train of carriages at a very high rate of speed. Ot what materiai shall the tube be made? how shall it be constructed; how shall it be placed in position? Chemistry in its work is constantly mak- ing discoveries of the properties of sub- stances. When there shall be found some substance which if incorporated with gutta percha or other similer material shall pro- duce a substance that when in the air shall possess 2 degree of flexibility and plasticity, and when submerged beneath the water shall become indurated, as a re- sult of its exposure to the water, then the whole question will be satisfactorily solved. Recent experiments already foreshadow the vroduction of such material. Granted that such a material is avail- able, then a huge tube or pipe of tke de- sired dimensions of cross-section and length is made and laid, the water being allowed to flow mnto the tube during the process of laying, The tube, being flex- ible, permits its easy handling. It may— and perhaps such would prove the better way—be manufactured on board a vessel, specially constructed for that purpose,, and paid out as the process of manufac- ture goes on. The admission of water into the tube fulfills a double purpose—it allows the tube to assume its natural cylindrical shape by equalizing the water pressure inside and out, and also perfects the process of induratiou throughout. Once laid, the tube is allowed to rest at the bottom of the sea for a period of time suffi- cient to complete the induration, when it is emptied of its watery contents. It may be one and it may be five miles from the surface of the water to the bot- tom bed, on which rests the tube. No Pump coula possibly be used, nor could the water be forcibly expelied. But one of nature’s simple laws may be safely re- lied upon to successtuily accomplish the desired end. A large electric cable, well insulated, is placed in the tube at the time ©of laying. This cable is severed at the center of the length of the tube, the enas of the cable being carried out beyond the shore endsof the tube. VWhen the period of induration has expired and the wallsof the tube are sufficiently bardened the positive pole of a powerful dynamo 1s connected to . one of the shore ends of the cable and the negative pole of a similar dynamo to the other shore end of the cable. Electrolysis (the decomposition of water by the electric current) at once takes place, and the water in the tube is separated into its con- stituent elements, and oxygen gas passes out at one end of the tube and hydrogen as at the other, the process of electrolysis continuing until all the water in the tube is eliminated. The tube once free of water, it becomes a simple matter to fit the interior with proper carriages and propel them by atmospheric pressure at enormous speed, and any num- ber of carriages may be en route at the same time. Buch a system is admirably sdapted to both passenper and freight traffic. Pure air in abundance is assured, and light may be readily provided by electric appli- ances. Motion would be scarcely feit by the passenger, while by means of appro- priately placed wires in the inner wall of the tube each carriage would be in con- stant communication with outside sta- tions. The cost of such a tube would be less than 1 per cent of a modern bridge having the same traffic capacity. With such a mode of transportation across the bay, the passenger for Oakland from San Francisco would make'his jour- ney in two minutes, and even greater speed would be attained in tubes connect- ing America with Europe. Fraxk M. Cros, D.Sc. 29 A PROFILE VIEW OF THE PROPOSED SUBMARINE RAILWAY AcRross San FRANCIsco Bay. ridge to sliv upward. By pulling the trig- ger still further the breechbolt moves for- ward and pushes the cartridge into the chambver, at the same time taking a hold on the rim. The firing-pin moves back its full distance until the trigger strikes a pin that releases it, so that it causesit to spring forward and discharge the cartridge. By pulling the trigger again the breech- bolt moves back as before, only this time it pulls out the empty shell and the fresh cartridge pushes it out at the same open- ing it was put in. The rest of the move- ments are the same as have been described, | and can be kept up as rapidly as the user | 1s capable of and as long as there are any cartridges left in the magazine. ————— To Protect Anima s From F ies. It is a difficult matter to keep flies out of a house and a still more difficult matter to keep them out of a stable, but the in- vention of Harvey Chenault of Richmond, ! A BAR IN THE PATH OF THE BANK ROBBER. Bullet-Proof Plates to Protect the | Cashier. When the Pisto's Are Leveled and the Order Given to “ Shell Out,” You Touch the Button. Heretofore it has been an easy matter for a highwayman to enter a bank, cover | the cashier with a revolver and compel | him to give up the coin. The invention of James L. de Long of Des Moines, Iows, however, 1s calculated to do away with this—to a degree, at least. Briefly, the invention consists of an ap- paratus by which the cashier can, by press- ing a spring, cause a plate of bullet-proof steel to spring up between himself and the robber. Of course, in such an apparatius, the whole connter must be made to suit it, al- though such changes in no way alter the outward appearance of the bank fittings. To a person entering the bank there would be nothing to suggest that the counter was any different than those commonly in use. But a glance at the inside, where the cash- ier stanas, would reveal a complicated { | steel plate close up agamnst the woodwork. | The steel plate isthe most impertant part of the apparatus. 1t is made to slide in grooves on the counter posts and to | come down flush with the top of the coun- | ter, so that its existence. would never be | suspected. QOn both sides of this steel plate are | springs or weights so arranged that they can force it upward about three feet. Of course the plate is not desired in that po- | sition all the time and so is fitted with a | sort of catch and trigger attachment that | wiil hold 1t when it is pushed down even with the top of the desk. In this position the steel plate is in { much the same condition asa *‘cocked” | pistol. But the catches that hold it are, of | course, made so that some force is required | to release it. | Along the flooron the inside of the coun- | terisarod that connects with the catches by a series of joints. When in position, | resting easily against the catches that hold | the plate down. | Snhould a robber suddenly enter the bank, the cashier quickly puts his foot on the rod, which pulls out the catches, releases the spring and the steel plate flies upward ike a flash, putting an impeuetrable bar- rier between them. The springs are made so sensitive that the plate will work al- most as quickly as the robber could pull the trigeer of his weapon. rangement of rods and springs and a big | the rod is a few inches above the floor and | CRross SECTION OF TUBING. A—Electric light wires. BB—Telephone wires. | Va., seems calculated to accomplish the | purpose, so that horses and cows can rest | | in peace. | Mr. Chenault’s inventiop consists of |a covered passageway built in front of the entrance to the stable and so constructed that it will be in| semi-darkness. At the .inner end of it | | there 15 suspended a screen of ropes that | | will be kept slightly in motion by the cir- | | culation of air. Just above this thereis a | flytrap, placed so that' the light will | strike it A GREAT AIRSHIP 10 FREE THE CUBANS Monstrous Vessel to Drop Shot and Shell From the Clouds. Already Partially Constructed Will Carry Men and Arms to the Insurgents, Supported by Balloons ani Propelled by Sails—Not a Creature of the Imaginat ou, but a Fact. “The war in Cuba is sure to last two or three years longer,” wrote President Cis- neros a week ago toa friend in this city, says the New York Herald, “unless some quicker agent of destruction is employed against the Spaniards here. The old methods of warfare are too slow for the topography of Cuba. As soon as we re- duce the enemy in one quarter the home government sends out & fresh installment of young soldiers to take the place of those who have fallen victims of the machete and fever. Any honorable means of warfare will be gladly hailed as bene- ficial to the Cubans if it is only swift and destructive and abead of any means now at our disposal.” This anawer has been written in reply to a representative of a French syndicate now in New York, who bad submitted to the Constituent Congress at Cubitas a plan to make war on the Spaniards from the clouds by balloon. The matter was re- ferred to General Carlos Roloff, the Cuban Minister of War, and he at once gave favorable consideration to the scheme of the Frenchmen. General Roloff, who is an expert in the manufacture and manipu- lation of high explosives, thought well of the arrangements and pians submitted to him, because he is a firm believer in the use of balloons for signaling and dispatch- ing messages in war times. While the Cubans were negotiating with Captein E. Lagrifoule of Marseilies, who came to this city about two months ago, other aspirants for fame and fortune ap- peared in the persons of Dr. Rufus Gibbon Wells and Senors Morel and Hardinas of the Junta, who claim to have discovered | the secret of navigaiing a bailoon in the upper regions so as to drive it in any di- tific fact, and it is going to solve the prob- lem of rapid transit through the cloud regions. I have everything ready and shall proceed to build my airship just as soon as I can conclude some business ar- rangements with the Junta.” The airship is one of the most remark- able things of its kind ever conceived by an aeronsut. Its chief feature, which ex- cites the greatest wonder, is its extreme lightness considering its tremendous strength. The airship consists of a boat-shaped car thet does not swing, but is held solidly, though pendent, from a cluster of five bal- loons. 5 The monster spheres are divided inside in sections !ike those of an orange, so that if a breal should occur in any particular place it cannot affect the other parts of the balloon. Repair pieces are to be carried in case of accidents. The gas to be used is sonmiething much lighter than that ordi- | enemy’s camp close to his range of vision and cdn throw dynamite bomps down upon his adversaries with remarkable pre- cision. The man in the observatory is the pilot of the airship. The entire mass of sailing machinery and men and armament is kept steadily poised by a steel keel running along the bottom ‘of the car. It will require the services of a crew of but five men to operale this wonderful battle-ship of the clouds. It is the intention of the Cubans to destroy the trocha in Pinar del Rio with it and afterward an attack will be made upon the Spanish warships as they ride at anchor in Cuban waters or as | they cruise around the island. Men and arms will be ianded in Cuba at will without fear of being chased by either Spanish or American cruisers, and the Spanish military camps will be destroyed in rapid succession. All thisis the belief of the inventor and his friends. In this way the Cubans of the Junta believe that a speedy end of the revolu- tion and the independence of Cuba may be brought about. The dromedary parcel post service in the German territories of Southwestern Africa has given better results than were eox- pected. The dromedaries are adapted to the climate, are not affected by the preva- lent cattle diseases, are not made foot- sore in stony regions, and do not suffer | extreme thirst when deprived of water for a week. Do q EXTERIOR OF PASSENGER COACH FOR SUBMARINE RAILWAY.. AA—Contact springs of electric light circuit. CCC—Friction rollers. CROSS SECTION OF SUBMARINE CARRIAGE. narily used by balloonists. Its manufac- ture is secret, known only to Captain Lag- rifoule,and is made of chemicals by electric power. A 1f the gas carriages, or the system of bal- loons, are remarkable, the car, or boat, is a contrivance still more wonderful. Its shell is 100 feet long, 50 feet wide across the middle and is 25 feet at its mean depth. It isbuilt of aluminum, and is [Reproduced from the New York Herald.) THE New BicvcLE Boat TuAT Now PLys on THE EAsT RIVER. The flies are sapposed, after they caten | the odor of the horses, to start in the pas- sageway, but finding darkness move cau- tionsly. The swaying ropes frighten them nd in looking for a way to escape they see | the ray of light coming through the trap. | It is easy for them to get in, but impos- | sible to get out. By putting screens on the stable-win- dows it is possible to keep the place free irom flies and at the same time there will | be no difficulty to get a horse or cow out at any time, and the place is sure to be always well ventilated. The owl has no motion in the eye, the globe of which is immovably fixed in its A New Zagarine Fistl Cartridges Concealed in the Hand'e. Ten Shots Can B: Fircd Suc- cessively. A pistol capable of firing ten shots in succession and almost instantaneously is the invention of Martin Byer of Worces- ter, Mass. In the new firearm the old “revolver” principle is entirely done away with and so is the auxiliary barrel fre- quently used. The repeating power is ac- complished by storing the cartridges in the handle of the pistol, the necessary space being acquired by lengthening it very slightly. The loaded cartridges are put into the magazine at the top of the pistol, and as each is placed in position it presses on a spring that has a tendency to force it up- ‘ward. When the magazine is full the firing-pin and breechbolt are allowed to slide into place and the pistol is ready for use. By pulling the trigger the firing-pin and | breechbolt are moved back to allow a cart- socket by a strong, elastic, hard, cartila” ginous case; but in order to compensate for the absence of motion in the eye the owl is abie to turnits head round in al- most & circle without moving its body. The statistics of life insurance show that in the last twenty-five years the average woman’s life has increased from nearly forty-two to nearly forty-six, or more than 8 per cent, while man's life average has in- creased from nearly forty-two to forty- four, which is 5 per cent. rection they choose. Dr. Wells is so con- fident of the success of hisaerial invention that he is now attempting to raise $20,000 at St. Louis, where he claims to be well k_nown, for the purpose of making a prac- tical test of his machine. T understand from the Cubans who fre- quent the Junta, at 56 New street, that the invention which finds the greatest favor is that of an American in the military balloon corps of the French army, and which is now controlled by French capi- talists. Captain Lagrifoule, who has greatly improved upon the American’s air- ship, and who calls it bis balloon, called upon Allen 8. Williams, general wanager of the Newark Cuban festival, last week, and after showing him the plans of his airship and exhibiting his creden- tials from the proper authorities he tried to secure the services of Carl Mever, a noted balloonist, who made a balloon ascension at Waverley, N. J., on July 4, under Mr. Williams' management, and who has twice crossed Weyler's famous trocha in Pinar del Rio in an airship of his own construction with dispatches from Antonio Maceo to Jose Maria Aguirre. Captain Lagrifoule iz to begin the con- struction 6f one of his airships at once ina secluded grove in Florida. When it is completed, which will be, so he claims, within a few weeks, Carl Meyer will pilot the balloon, or rather the cluster of balloons, for of such is the ship conm- structed, to Cuba. This one airship will carry 125 men, 1000 rifles, a half million rounds of rifle ammu- nition, a material from which to make dynamite and a large quantity of hospital stores, to be sent out by the Cuban Army Sanitary Corps. Isaw Captain Lagrifoule when he called on Mr. Williams at the Market-street héadquarters in Newark, and in reply to my questions about his project and his balloon, he said: . “‘In this #ge of progress there is noth- ing impossible. Some things may look very difficult to do, but human ingenumty can surmount all obstacles. Thenpper at- mosphere isnot an unknown region to aeronauts, who have made a scientific study of it. Ballooningisa science, like anything else. The ordinary balloon crank who ventures into upper space without knowing the region, generally ends up with an accident. It is much — 2 T el There are 5783 miles of tram lines in operation in the United States, having 382,505 cars, and employing 70,764 men. : — e Do not fall to read Thomas Slater's advertise- ment on page 9 for men. safer up there in the cloud region than down here, because if a cyclone or cork- screw storm breaks down here you are at its mercy on the earth, while up there we can see it coming or gathering hours ahead, and can ride above, in the bright sunshine, while the poor mortals below are fignting for their lives. *'The balloon in which I propose to go to Cuba will be the first complete and efficient airship ever directed tbrough upper space by the.hdnd of man, ana I am proud to lec the Herald bave a sketch of it, This 1s no day dream—it is a scien- extraordinary light. Itis surrounded with eighteen circular windows or portholes of clear giass. There are nine windows on each side, somethinz more than ten feet apart. A series of long, narrow openings, closed with aluminum bars, run around the upper guard which runs around the upper deck of the boat. This marvelous air coach is provided with comfortable accommodations for 125 men. There is an electrical engine room, an electrical kitchen and bedrooms, smok- ing-room and an observatory. The vessel is lighted, heated and worked by elec- tricity. Water is taken from the clouds and not a spark of fire is used in working a B—Contact spring of telephone circuit. Dp—Rubber diaphrams. QUEER HERBS THAT PASS FOR TOBACCD. Busy Brains at Work on Sub- stitutes for Nicotine. A Woman’s Cgar Patent That Can Be Used in the Pips or to Clean the Teeth. Among the queer things recorded at the Patent Office are mixtures designed as substitutes for tobacco. Apparently the whole vegetable kingdom has been ran- sacked for material to take the place of nicotine in cigars, plug for chewers and fuel for the pipe. There is hardly a fa- miliar herb whose leaves are not calied into requisition. It isno idle tale that the | potato, the beet, the cabbage and the | turnip help out the commercial supply of the weed. For the preparation of these plants and the imitative doctoring of them there are numberless ingenious processes. In speaking o! this matter, a Kearny- street tobacconist said theother day: “We | bave a preparation which, in appearance, resembies an ordinary plug of tobacco. It is made up of gentian root, prickly ash bark, sassafras bark and extract of licorice. This is quite extemsively used now, and you doubtless have many frienfls who | you think are chewing tobacco when in reality they are merely chewing this sub- | stitute. “There are also some simple substitutes, such as cocoa leaves, bay leaves and many others, which are largely used. The most péculiar preparation that I know of is one for which a woman has secured & patent. She manufactures cigars of eucalyptus | leaves, and the inventér claims that they | leave aclean, pleasant flavor in the mouth, | She seems to consider this the only \ll} effect of tobacco using. This woman in- | ventor is prolific in ideas, and claims for | Hher cigars that they can, if necessary, be broken up for use in a pipe; that they can be ground up for snuff, powdered intoa tooth paste, and, with suitable fats, made | into candles and soaps. “It is not the real substitutes that we fear; we rather favor them. There area great many people who have certain dis- orders of the body whe should never smoke. Buch persons we advise to stop the use of tobacco and take to some sub- stitute. What we do object to, though, are certain preparations which have been put on the market as tobacco, instead of substitutes. French horse meat sells for 3 pence per ! pound in Germany. The smoked article | brings 6 pence. A FLY-PROOF STALL FOR HORSES AND CATTLE. this monstrous air ship. The balioon valves are operated by a system of elec- tric buttons and there is no confusion of ropes or lines. The observatory is pro- vided with powertul glasses, and while the operator can ride far above the earth, out of reach of the longest-range guns known to military science, he can bring the I To PmtsctL_aflies’ Skirts, Excellent Wet Weather Device of an Iowa Woman — Keeps the Garments Dry. Debora Owen of Van Wert, lowa, has come to the aid of her sisters who get their skirts wet in rainy weather. = Her invention is not a new costume that it takes nerve to wear, but an extra skirt of very thin gossamer that can be carried in asmall handbag. This skirt is so arranged that it can be put.on over the ordinary street dress. On both - sides there are places for the ankles and along the bottom a fastening device to close it. The wearer thus arrayed is fully protected from mud and siush and her movements are as free as if' she wore bloomers. E b Buttons are the jewelry of China. The manufacture was originally introauced to Canton by foreigners, but it has been allowed to pass almost entirely into native hands, and last vear over 560,000 pounds of brass buttons were actually exported by the Cantonese. | contributed to this - neglect, | open water. | shatt revolves. Dr. Albert Shaw, the sociolovist, was born in an Obio town which bears the | queer came of Paddy’s Run, THE BICYCLE BOATS GAINING FAVOR, Already Many of Them Are in Use on the Har- lem River. Their Machinery Simple and Danger Very Much Re- duced. Are Easy to Ride and Much Safer Than a Rowboat, but You Can’t Take Them Home. It is a curious fact now, considering the rapid development of the bicycie, that at its inception it was designed only for use on the water. The records of the United States Patent Office show an assortment of queer inventions of this character, based on the idea of the catamaran as to hull, but having the motive power of the pedal subseguently adopted in the ordinary bicycie of to-day. Engravings of the water bicycle, representing a man astride of a framework and saddle speeding over the water at apparently twenty-five knots an hour, appeared in the illustrated periodi- cals forty years ago, says the New York Herald. The land cyrcle at that time was not only still nnknown—it was not dreamed of as a means of locomotion. The water cycle was not a success, the screw propeller not having been generally introduced. It was constructed somewhat on the principle of the swan boats that are now the delight of the little children in Central Park. The - water wheel was geared to make more revolutions than the axis of the pedal. The catamaran was of the lightest con- struction, No passengers were provided | for beyond those who worked the machine. The latter was designed to be both single and double—the two operators sitting side by side. It was an English invention, if [ remember rightly. The invention of the land bicycle, fol- lowing as it did on the heels of the tricy~ cle, threw the water machine into obscur- ity and the water wheel was cast aside as a sort of exploded experiment, as had been the flying machine and perpetual motion. The land bicycle itself was for years considered impracticable for any really useful purpose, and long after its usefulness in everyday life had been dem- onstrated its advocates and riders were considered “cranks,” who ought to be sent to the workhouse or incarcerated in lunatic asylums: From that period to the present the transition has been too rapid to follow coherently; all the world rides a wheel. So fully absorbed have inventors become in the improvement and perfection of the road wheel that the original object of water travel has received mo attention until very recently., Perhaps the spoon oar, the cedar shell and the swift steum and naphtha and electric launches have These were also unknown when the first water bicy- | cle was introduced. But tais apparent neglect is being atoned for in the recent sudden rush of inventors into the field of Several practical bicycle boats have been invented during the last few months. Scores of patents in this line have becn applied for at the same time. It will surprise some persons to learn that bicyecle boats of various designs have been “scooting’’ along the Harlem this spring, and that more ambitious craft of this kind have been encountered on the open sound. - It may be a still greater sar- prise to learn that boats of this character are now under construction which, when completed, will dare the dangers of the deep sea, and even cross the Atlantic. But it is a fact. Some of these havs al- ready been successfully tested. They all preserve the characteristics of the land bicycle and consequently adher: in great measure to the design ot the original water wheel. The hull is of cedar, the same as that o the ordinary racing shell. But it is of peculiar suape, the ordinary hull‘being supplemented by a second and smaller hull dropped immediately below the other. Into this lower hull, which correspondsto the hold of a vessel, the machinery, gear- ing and ballast are placed, and the screw The second, or lower hull, not only furnishes room for the machinery below the water line, but it thus gives great stability to the boat, whieh, having a short shaft and light upper works, is | practically non-capsizable. The wheel is thoroughly submerged also and is never lifted out of the water in a chop sea. The arrangement of the water-tight compart- ments places the queer craft on the same footing with the lifeboat of the life-saving service—that is, the weight' in the bottom and the air chambers above cause the boat to right itself it capsized; and it is impos- sible to sink it without destroying first the air-tight compartments. The lower hull has a very sharp cut- ‘water, and also acts as the modern fin keel in giving the boat steadiness while under great speed. 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