Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1906 — Man Is Own Motor Boat. [ARTICLE]

Man Is Own Motor Boat.

The French inventor who recently astonished Paris by the introduction at motor boats bss now adopted thepeirol motor, ao as to apply water propulsion direct to the human body. The apparatus is devised ao as to keep the body afloat by means of air bags and a water-tight box containing toe engine and fuel strapped to the back. The user aits on a sort of a saddle and two rods connect the engine with a propeller. The man steers himself by steering the position of his hands is ths W»t«- '■