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460 "TAE MARINE REVIEW | November, 1910 e by John T. Kinney, Buffalo, N. Y., and is illustrated in the line engrav- ings herewith. Essentially it -con- sists of a hook with an elongated bill combined with a tripping device which is carried by a ring in the eye of the lower block or in the lower end of the gunwale hooks. The first step in the operation of launching a life boat is necessarily the casting adrift of the lashings by which the boat is secured in the chocks. Figs. 1 and 2 show the man- ner in which the Kinney detachable hook is applied for this purpose. By leading the tripping lanyards of all four lashings to a common point all can be cast off simultaneously and in casting off the boat falls 'both can be | let go at the same instant, a matter of no small importance in launching in a seaway, and it is not necessary that the strain shall be entirely off the shackles in order to do so, a con- Hypravutic LauNcHING Triccer S. S. OLYMPIC. dition essential to the operation of ship to a standstill. As a further pre- | caution the ship's own bow anchors were stowed in the hawse pipes, ready : for letting go in case of emergency. So effectual were these methods, that from the time the triggers were re- leased, allowing the vessel to move, until the "Olympic" was stationary in the water, less than two minutes elapsed. As already announced, the machin- ery decided on for the "Olympic" and her sister ship "Titanic" is the combi- nation of reciprocating engines with a low pressure turbine, so successfully adopted in the White Star Canadian liner "Laurentic," this arrangement having proved the most satisfactory from an engineering point of,view. As there will be accommodations for about 2,500 passengers in all, besides a crew of 860, this arrangemennt is in keeping with the well-known 'practice of the White Star Line in making the comfort and safety of the passengers i @Y). es their first care. Full advantage is be- YY L ; ing taken of the enormous size and Lda Lid Ld spaciousness of the vessel to excel Fic. 1. anything hitherto attempted, both. in the public rooms and private: cabins; and the entrances, the magnificent staircases and other features will be on a scale of unrivaled magnitude and excellence, to say nothing of .such items as the swimming bath, gymnas- ium, palm court, etc. ft A New Boat Detaching Device A new detachable shackle which may be used for lashing a life boat in the chocks or cradles as well as for So Ae | releasing the falls, has 'been invented Fig. 2.