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kachina_labala
11-28-2005, 09:58 AM
According to the December 2005 issue of Boating Magizine Benjamin Franklin proposed a pump powered boat in 1785. :)
kachina_labala
11-28-2005, 10:08 AM
And Alexander Graham Bell's boat was the first recorded boat to do 70 mph. He acomplished it in 1919 at a speed of 70.86 mph
maxwedge
11-28-2005, 12:40 PM
I find it somewhat depressing that he had a faster boat then, than I do now. :rolleyes:
Squirtin Thunder
11-28-2005, 12:47 PM
I find it somewhat depressing that he had a faster boat then, than I do now. :rolleyes:
No its just funny !!! :cool:
Squirtcha?
11-28-2005, 01:04 PM
And Alexander Graham Bell's boat was the first recorded boat to do 70 mph. He acomplished it in 1919 at a speed of 70.86 mph
Heck, that must mean that he invented the first gps or radar gun too then. Otherwise...........how the heck would they know they were doing eactly 70.86 mph.
572Daytona
11-28-2005, 01:27 PM
Heck, that must mean that he invented the first gps or radar gun too then. Otherwise...........how the heck would they know they were doing eactly 70.86 mph.
Um..distance divided by time maybe? :idea:
lucky
11-28-2005, 01:53 PM
who ever invented the crapper , invented the bowl , thus creating the only usuable version of a jet poop , ammm i mean pump
Gearhead
11-28-2005, 02:06 PM
Speaking of crapper..... someone recently told me this.... that the crapper was invented by Thomas Crapper.... Crapper Plumbing Co. (http://www.thomas-crapper.com/history04.htm)
So, the crapper was invented by a Brit.... I hope he does not take credit for the "bowl" too....
Well, this thread is turning crappy.... i'm outa here.
lucky
11-28-2005, 02:08 PM
Speaking of crapper..... someone recently told me this.... that the crapper was invented by Thomas Crapper.... Crapper Plumbing Co. (http://www.thomas-crapper.com/history04.htm)
So, the crapper was invented by a Brit.... I hope he does not take credit for the "bowl" too....
Well, this thread is turning crappy.... i'm outa here.
gotta love the internet - :boxed:
Gearhead
11-28-2005, 02:10 PM
© Thomas Crapper & Co. Ltd.
'THOMAS CRAPPER' AND 'CRAPPER' ARE TRADE-MARKS.
kachina_labala
11-28-2005, 02:56 PM
The World’s Fastest Watercraft
Even in the last decade of Alexander Graham Bell’s life, the Bras d’Or Lakes continued to be the scene of the legendary inventor’s most exciting technological experiments. Just as they had gathered to watch Jack McCurdy lift his Silver Dart off the ice in 1909, residents of the community turned out on September 9, 1919, to witness the Bras d’Or trials of the HD-4, a hydrofoil designed Alexander Graham Bell and his engineering assistant, Casey Baldwin. The prototype craft, equipped with 2 brand new U. S. Navy Liberty engines, attained a speed of 71 miles per hour (114 kilometres per hour), and instantly became the fastest watercraft in the world. Bell and Baldwin’s HD-4 water-speed record remained unbroken until 1963!
http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/canada/ww1/thorny/patriot.jpg
kind of an ugly boat