Tokyo, Jan. 7.
Experiments to develop new types of vessels suited for navigation in the inland waters of China will soon be lunched under the auspices of the Ministry of Communications.
A tank 200 metres long and 10 metres deep has been built in the compound of the Experimental station of the Mercantile Marine Bureau of the Ministry to carry out the tests of new designs in March. The tank will have a movable bottom in order to simulate various depths.
The models will be scale-models of proposed vessels reduced to one-twentieth of their original size. The ships, which will be built with navigation on the Yangtze, the Yellow River, and other inland Chinese waters in view, will stress economy of motive power so as to be run with a maximum economy of fuel.—Domei.
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