An automatic steering apparatus has been invented by a Frenchman. By it the helmsman can be dispensed with. The iinagnetic compass needle is made to operate the rudder so as to steer a ship in any pre-determined direction. The compass needle is so disposed that if the ship goes off her course in either direction, an electric motor is set in action, which in operates tfao steering-gear
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1189, 14 December 1894, Page 32
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67Page 32 Advertisements Column 1 New Zealand Mail, Issue 1189, 14 December 1894, Page 32
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