THE GERMAN LIFE-SAVING APPARATUS.
We reproduce from an English paper a sketch of the liie-saving apparatus used by the Germans in the Courrieres mines, referred to several times in our cables of the terrible disaster at the mine. The wearer, unlike the diver, is entirely independent of any connection with the outer atmosphere. Hβ can gowhere he will. He breathes into a bag fastened in front of him, in which., a jßuppJy of c*ustifl god* ftbaor.bg! all .the
carbon dioxide froia his breath, and the nitrogen left hecanreoxygenatefromthe ! cylinder of compressed oxygen behind him just as he feels the .need. The entire weight is less than-201b, and is so distributed as to be.but little* felt.--'ft f t ln ; the front view- the "letter A points to soft rubber mask; B, oxygen chamber; C, regulating valve; /D, bag.. for ; caustic soda; E, air Jtubes., In the tack view, B and 0 are again shown, Tfhilsti t' points to tbe tu> leading tot *\rr MMlc^
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 95, 21 April 1906, Page 9
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163THE GERMAN LIFE-SAVING APPARATUS. Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 95, 21 April 1906, Page 9
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