Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1906 — Now Walking on the Water. [ARTICLE]

Now Walking on the Water.

Two inventors are claiming attention of the scientific world just now in connection with a kind of aquatic shoes. Jose Antonio, a Mexican student in the department of mecliauical engineering at Cornell, gave a successful test of his device by walking a mile mid a half on the surface of Cayuga lake. Tbe shoes, which Closely resemble small boats, are constructed of tin, 5 feet 3 inches long. 14 inches wide and 9 : Sj indies deep. Each contains four separate air chambers, besides the compartßient for the foot. The shoes are equipped with collapsible fans, which close, as the wearer steps forward and then open to prevent the shoes from slipping backward. A somewhat similar footgear for water walking is described in the Technical World Magazine for August, and credited to Lieut. Arthur T. Sadler of the United States volunteer life-saving crew at Chuilesbank. Mass. Sadler daiius'to have made n two-mile trip on his shoes. He says he got his idea from watching the way a duck uses its feet. His shoes are 4 feet 3 indies long, 0 inches wide nnd H' j inches deep, being the smallest that would carry his weight, 135 pound <.