A NOVEL SHIP BRAKE.
A German writer in tr <a BUrsen Courier proposes a plan for stopping ships suddenly, so aa to prevent collisions He cannot conceive of a "brake" of sufficient power for the purpose, notes the inefficiency of reversing the Pngines at tho laofc moment, hut thinkn he las evolved the secret from the '• punching" of a gun or rifle Ho proposes to put on tho front of the bhip a snffl ieut number of immense cannon, to bo loaded with *un-eetton or dynamite, or some other equally m ffensive material, ready to bo fired by electricity at a moment's notice. The effect, he thinks, would be negative— the "punching" of the cannon would be sufficient to stop the largest ship at a moment a notice.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1645, 2 June 1883, Page 14
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128A NOVEL SHIP BRAKE. Otago Witness, Issue 1645, 2 June 1883, Page 14
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