June 7, 1917 
LAND & WATER 
49 
Kit and Equipment 
We shall be pleased io supply mformation to our readers 
as to where any of the articles mentioned are obtainable, and 
we invite correspondence from 'ojficcrs on active service who 
care to call our attention to any points which would be advan- 
tageous in the matter of comforts or equipment, etc. 
Letters of inquiry with reference io this subject should, be 
addressed to KIT AND EQUIPMENT " Land & Water.'l 
Old Serjeant's Inn, 5, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.2. 
The " Human Lifeboat." 
This contrivance, which is called a " safety suit " by its 
makers, liails from the western side of the lierring pond, 
and rumour has it that the makers have men stationed with 
supplies on the quays from which the liners start, and that 
these men are constantly sending messages to headquarters 
for fresh supplies. It is, in any case, a unique device ; it may 
best be described as a combination suit, with weighted soles 
for the boot parts, so that the wearer, if thrown into the water, 
cannot help keeping right end up. The outer shell is made 
of waterproof fabric, which reaches right up to the wearer's 
neck, round which fits a rubber ring, so that the garment 
^or whatever it may be called, fits tightly enough to exclude 
water at this top edge, but not tightly enough to choke the 
wearer. Inside the waterproofed outer fabric are two big 
])ads of kapok fibre, so that even if the suit were to leak, 
wliich is almost impossible, the wearer still could not sink. 
After it has been pulled'hip over the body, a hirige of very 
ingenious and perfectly watertight design closes the part 
that goes over the head in front. It takes less than a minute 
to put on, and will keep its wearer dry from feet to neck — and, 
as it keeps the head well above water, the whole of the body 
and head are kept dry, except for splashes in the face from 
surf. Its buoyancy is such that it wiU support no less than 
six people in water in addition to the wearer; which justifies 
its title of " human lifeboat." Whether it will be taken up 
to any extent by people on this side of the Atlantic remains 
to be seen, but Americans have realised its value and are 
buying it in large quantities for sea voyages. 
The Stop Watch 
Artillery officers, and those in other branches of the services 
as well, need more minutely divided instruments for measuring 
time than the ordinary stop watch, but hitherto the instru- 
ments registering fractions of a second above a fiftieth have 
only been procurable at almost prohibitive prices. There has 
now been produced a form of recorder which registers, by 
means of 'ts-main index hand, looths of a second ; a second re- 
cording dial enables observations lasting for any period up to 
three minutes to be registered, and the register shows accur- 
ately to looths of a second the time required. This instru 
ment is sold at a price which places it within reach of any 
officer who needs it ; it is absolutely accurate, strongly made 
and cased, and thoroughly suited to service conditions of 
work. An even cheaper grade of instrument, though just as 
well made and finished, will register up to 15 minutes in tenths 
of a second. In the first of these instruments, the rr\ain hand 
travels round the dial in three seconds ; in the one registering 
to tenths, it travels round in thirty seconds. Both are high- 
grade, well finished articles, perfectly timed and accurate, 
;md well suited to all classes of work in which minute timing 
observations are required. 
Safety Lenses 
Some time ago, attention was drawn in these columns to 
the extreme value of a form of glass which is so built up with 
celluloid as to be unsplinterable, if not actually unbreakable. 
Wlien struck this glass stars, but no splinters fly, and conse- 
quently it isinvaluable for windscreens, goggle glasses, and the 
like. A new development consists of the making of spectacle 
and eyeglass lenses of this safety glass > it is merely a 
matter of grinding the lenses, but for some time it was thought 
that this would be an impossibility ; it has, however, been 
achieved, and it forms a distinctly valuable addition to the 
uses of this kind of glass ; For one need not be " on service " 
to api^rcciatc the value of eyeglass lenses that, although they 
may break, will not splinter for any kind of blow ; many 
accidents occur, apart from the risks of campaigning work, 
in which, if an eyeglass lens splintereti',^it would totally destroy 
the sight of the user ; with these new. lenses, such an accident 
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Outfitting. 
Tunic, HVhipcord 
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Slacks 
Breeclies, Bedford 
Cord, buckskin 
strappings, 'from 
Trenclv-Gaberdine 
Coat 
Trcncli Oilskin Coat 
Sam Browne Belt, 
Brace and Frog . . 
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PRACTICAL KIT 
OFFICERS' LOADED STICKS, WHIPS, 
AND FLY WHISKS 
No. 43L. 
No. l.\.-Lo«(K'(l sfcick. wlialelwiie c^Titrc, plaiM^aTI over kangaroo Iiide. wrist 
strap. ^cjikUi .'iO iiii'lit'..* or .% incli^s 
\o. JH.— TJitto. vliak'l»cnc <'^iitri', c-ov<'red all ovtp pigskin. slUliiit; wr'st strap 
No. IB.— Ditto. ^.^tp^I, .centre, covt-red all ovor pigskin, sliding uri?t strap 
No. I'C. — DitUi, ...liort ]en'_'tii. "for riding 
No. 3.- Oflii-er'.'*. -Newniurki^t Whip) v/lialottone centre, plaited raw liido, witli 
kangaro.) hide lialiilpart. loaded end, silver collar, and tliong 
Ditto, p^u'ted all io\er kangaroo l;ide. l(vade<i end. witli tlion;.' 
No. 19.\.-Ilcst all "whaLelwne plaited kangaroo liide Cutting Whip and Wrist 
iJtrap 
No. 20-V.— Swagger .^ti^k, ebony eilvcr Iwill and tip, with liifle I'rigade or K.U.U. 
<Test eluhossed 
No. 23B.— Ditto, Mala«;a cane with any regimental crc.st embos.sed to order... 
No. 200.— Ditto. Malacca cane with plain silver ball and tip 
No. 431,.— I'ly W hisks, covered pigskin wiUi white, black, or red hair, leather 
wrist loop ■ ... 
Ditto, ditto. Loaded Initt ..; • . 
Ni>. v.:.- Ash r.r ..HI,', uitli lOiilc .ir black liair 
10 
2 
8 6 
2 S 
18 
1S 
1 12 • 
SAM BROWNE BELTS. 
Best hriiilc leallicr £2 IO O. 
One shouldcf stVHp aiul sword dog. 
Hitto, Stitclicd I'iRsUin £3 fO O. 
Poslage Io B.E.F. 1 1- extra. Send for rttW /lluslrated Li^t uj War [Equipment. 
SWAINB 6» AOENBY, 
By appointment to H.M, The King. 
185 PICCADILLY. LONDON. W. 
