The Sub-marine Vessel.
Signor Balsamollo, the inventor of the Balla Nautica, tho submarine vessel, with whioh several suooesafnl experiments wero performed' lately at Civita Vecchia in the presence' of i commission appointed by the Government, declares that by the aid of his invention he can float her Majesty'a ship Victoria in two days at a coat of lees than L 40,000. He deofares that with tho Balla Nautica ha can raise a weight of 700,000 tons. The preparations and placing of grap. nels aud chains round tha Viotoria would take a mouth, and would bo performed by tho crew of tha submarine ship, which has already descended to and been manreuvred successfully at a depth of 400 metres.
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Bush Advocate, Volume XI, Issue 832, 16 September 1893, Page 5
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118The Sub-marine Vessel. Bush Advocate, Volume XI, Issue 832, 16 September 1893, Page 5
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