Swimming apparatus from "Popular Scientific Recreations" by Gaston Tissandier (ca. 1890).
A float is attached to a shaft which has a small screw propeller at the rear. The propeller is worked by the hands and by a crank moved by the feet. The swimmer rests upon the float which keeps his head above water while the propeller forces him through the water.
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Swimming apparatus from "Popular Scientific Recreations" by Gaston Tissandier (ca. 1890).
A float is attached to a shaft which has a small screw propeller at the rear. The propeller is worked by the hands and by a crank moved by the feet. The swimmer rests upon the float which keeps his head above water while the propeller forces him through the water.
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Uploaded on April 2, 2015
Taken on March 30, 2015