TRIAL OF A LIFEBUOY.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5904, 8 August 1890, Page 2

TRIAL OF A LIFEBUOY.

■U Port Chalmers yesterday evening a number of gentlemen attended by invitation at the export v \n to witness some expenSen ' vilh a new and improved hfebuoyinvented and patented by Mesra loung ami Gardner. The- new buoy, although somewhat rtiniliir in shape, differs very much from the style of those in peneral use on !W »t the prm-ut day.. Of tho several «"w feature, taking then m detail we may •nation, first, tliu impossibility of the Tin. 1S new buoy contains wirhm it n email vessel w i£h oil, which it. content, drop by drop when the buoy tikes it horizontal position m the water. Thi<oil is intends to make a calm belt m tho'vicinitvofthebuoy, thus doing away with tho danger from the spray of breaking seas widen proves a 0 mstrc-mng to anyone >^t!)•." fur " dear life." The buoy also eonwh* within its.rU a vw«l charged with chemicals, which upon coming in contact the wuU-r evolves a large quantity of <r,m Thi* ttw creates a brilliant blue iiame which biiiSoiwitly illuminates the surroundme water to make it a comparatively easy ,",-,..- f'.r the rescuing boat to find the 'yher,.»bJut, of any unfortunate person in theVatPr. Tlu' p«-.-cnt hfo-buoys hayo a riir'iml light attached by a .mail lanyard. but W« the buoy is thrown over the Liuil liirhthas to be pierced at both ends : "r a rriAcr provided for that pmp°*e, ami altl .uj-h this operation take, but a short thneoV.rform.th, minute or so tlnus os is long cnouuh in niort cases to have left ther.Tor unfortunate a long way astern and om. "of reach of tho friendly buoy hence he re-i-.u why so few reciter im- made. Comtoed yd the buoy in a patent detaching v "urgent, which is perfect in detail aud admirablo for its .simplicity. ihe buoy m V be plHcud u..ywh..re in position, and at the" li.ihcet touch of the gear by tho oilier 'on watch, or any other person, it allov,d to fall («ot thrown over) into tho water, aud annul taneously the oil flows O ut of the tube, and the xmall but Kantfl.mo begins to burn. AH jho tlie trial yesterday wera fullt satisfied wich Us practical utility, and we the it.v.ntors who deserve much credit for their work, mivy reap a huUtantial LamU from the >a!e of _ the l.fobuoye. y c «M Younsr and Gardner inform «» they lTivo'taken «tt-p> to patent the invention, both in Now zUland, liuropr. tho Lnlted State, and Auelralia.-Otago limes.