Nikola Tesla Patents
246 Appt Prousel persenta description of the operatio sture artrit arrested on points tt, that is, to the right or left of the operator, he is reminded that the vessel is being deflected to the right or left from its course, by which means the control is facilitated. The normal positions of the handle are therefore at u and u', when the rudder is not acted upon, and it remains on the points t' only so long as necessary. Since, as before stated, the working of the apparatus is very sure the operat is enabled to perany such operations as provision is made for, without of the mid even seeing the vessel. oft in directing the immenseful in many ways. The invention which I have here described will prove itu devia Tans 1 may be used as life, despatch or pilot boats or the like, or for carrying letters, packages, provisions, instruments or objects of any designation, for establishing communication with unaccessible regions and exploring the conditions existing in the same, for killing or capturing whales, or other ungainly animals of the sea and for many other humane, commercial or scientific purposes. But the most valuable feature of my invention will be found in the tendency Vessels or vehicles of the kind shown unitert. which it will have to stop the barbarous warfare, and to check the development of the odious implements of strife. For, such a vessel might be used to annihilate ships, or entire navi es, however mighty, or to level cities and fortifications, simply by conveying to the object or place to be destroyed any quantity of highly explosive material and igniting the same from a distance. No gunner's skill could ward it off if built with intelligence and design, nor could a fortress, however bravely defended, withstand its (22) [Unable to duplicate portion of margin notes Ed.]
