Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-09-08

~. Yourself Heard at An You
I, !, shout into the Ear Of q Com
..,.0--The Economy Of Space and
4, simplicity Of Arrangements.
,,,.,,ug down ten rungs OF an
adder into the interior OF a sub
'.,,s Is like going into a boiler shop
- there is one continuous. deafen-
ssr splitting racket like q dozen
hammers chattering tattoo amid
IND and rumble aud hump Of ma
',,.ry as II especially designed to
rst your eardrums.
4, frst the noise in that narrowly
-sped space is painful and bewilder-
To make yourself at oil heard
n must shout into the ear Of com
MINI So intense IL the strain. says
3. pvIier in st. Nicholas, that you mar
how day In and day out human
n can withstand the ordeal
You end yourself inside what seems
enormous steel cigar painted a neat
,sh gray. color which Is servlceable
a does not dazzle the eye Light
nes to you partly through portfolios
Z na m part from lncandesccnt lamps
,rd fore and aft In the darker parts
tie hull.
+ 700 have expected. Of course, to
= Ma IN a tangle Of whirllng machinery
lal flls the inside OF the boat from
an 10 stern. threatening with every
sgOlutOn TO take an arm or a leg on
ns,ead the frst thing you see Is an
& ninigTupted working space" or
~ measuring by % or 80 feet,
Al he stern, far IN the BACKGROUND,
n ne machines and engines. IN fact.
~ section OF the vessel is nothing but
ahlnery, a rumbllng mass Of siivery
ia and gltterlng brass revolving at
aie Of 700 times minute. so com
~ that you wonder how the various
Hrs can turn without conflicting or
4 pr \ Is possible for human hands 10
useEe through the maze 20 OIL the
rsrhInery.
ba ihls economy OF space Is as moth
y 10 what you VIII see. The floor
y stand on is cover for the cells OF
3 storage batteries wherein Is pent
'he electricity with which your boat
~ le0pel herself when she runs sub
sd The walls amidshIps and the
- 10 the bow are gigantic ballast
-As % BE- illed with water that will
- are tool boxes and hinged hunks
1he crew 10 sleep In.
~ four torpedoes, measuring six
iset three inches long. eighteen
- Ia diameter and weighing 800
49, each. are dashed end for end in
~ either side, aud directly over
~ are tool boxes and hinged hunks
zee crew 70 sleep IN.
- yeiy air which Il taken along TO
aie Ia you IN ease the boat should
-'''A'd beneath the surface longer
~. -.'ial Is compressed In steel cyl
+ 80 pounds per square inch. a
- 20 Intense that were the cyl
4. = spring a leak 40 larger than a
and were the tiny stream Of
A'r 70 strike q human being Il
l~aeirate him through and
=. ~ aad drill hole through "a
a $50 hoand behind him.
-. - everything about he Int
N =. ~. - selnents " this boat Is 40 SIM
- Sga can see at . Rlance lts
Away forward. wheru tins
''s1r comes 70 q point are
\ =. y, 'oT'eio tubes ont o. which
VIII send his deadly pro
y. ~. ~'ia.ag beneath the waters nj
% - KNOTS al hour AGAINST
F1tlag bail
Under the counlnw toweg 4
- tAree feet aqnnre and eie-
4 49, 'eei from the desk. upon
captAin EgnndM head ana
~ ~. i'saeing into ths tower. %
AZ ii his paat he A vialbla %
ea, "-iy froln fhs wnist IRE
~ e ne feet az tha captain
49,. ,sve' sta BIZ platform 10
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