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Telescope 183 Kettering's magnificent Olive K. In much the manner that we have seen the demise of the lumber barons* mansions of northern Michigan or of the industrial magnates' places on Park Avenue and along the Hudson in swank New York, so have we seen the departure of another status symbol, the palatial yacht. While there is a great upsurge in private ownership of boats, these owners will probably never match the luxury encountered in the DELPHINE (Telescope I960 Vol, 9) or of the subject presented here, the OLIVE K.The owner, Charles P. Kettering, was a man well known for his excursions across uncharted routes. The unknown excited him. He was an experimenter with much curiosity and designed innovations in the construction of the OLIVE K. to the point that it almost became a floating laboratory. Many of the innovations are commonplace today,but in 1929 were somewhat radical departures. In it was installed a gyroscopic stabilizer for aiding in keeping it on an even keel in a rough sea. There also was a gyroscopic controlled metal mike," a mechanical device for steering the yacht. Other improvements were in the engine room, in which the owner spent considerable of his time. In the library on the main deck, he had a combination radio and electrical reproducing machine constructed by himself. It was declared by other engineers to be one of the most ingenious devices aboard. Mr. Kettering constructed it in his sparetime" for amusement. It worked something like this: In the staterooms, lounge, library, and dining room were dial telephones connected with the musical apparatus. At right is stateroom # 2. Guest rooms on the OLIVE K. afforded a feeling of visiting royalty to the fortunate persons invited aboard. All this, as well as music? The reproducing machine changed its own records and needles, while the radio part had automatic and hand controls. The records were numbered. The person desiring to play, say, "Holy Night" which was numbered 20, raised the receiver from the telephone, dialed 20 and the record played. To change the record to number 1^, one merely replaced the receiver, raised it, and dialed lJj..