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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 604 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PLAN
PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

PLAN . MIDSHIP See also:

SECTION. of See also:

HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse launching-poles, first used in 1892. Fig. 9 gives a view of the See also:

MODERN

modern transporting-See also:

CARRIAGE

carriage fitted with Tipping's See also:

sand- or See also:

wheel-plates. The See also:

LIFE

life-See also:

belt has since 1898 been considerably improved, being now less cumbersome than formerly, and more comfortable. The feature of the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal improvement is the reduction in length of the corks under the arms of the wearer and the rounding-off of the upper portions, the result being that considerably more freedom is provided for the arms. The maximum extra buoyancy has thereby been reduced from 25 lb to 22 lb, which is more than sufficient to support a See also:

man heavily clothed with his See also:

head and shoulders above the See also:

WATER

water, or to enable him to ObD• FLAN. MIDSHIP SECTION, support another See also:

PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person besides himself.. Numerous life-belts of very varied descriptions, and made of all sorts of materials, have been patented, but it is generally agreed that for life-See also:

BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

boat See also:

WORK

work the See also:

cork life-belt of the Institution has not yet been equalled.

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