(thing) by EverybodysCyclopedia Sun Jul 02 2006 at 22:19:23

Roller Boat, a boat propelled by wheels which roll over and on the water instead of cutting through it. Designed by Ernest Bazin, a Frenchman, in 1896; its slowness made it a failure.

Entry from Everybody's Cyclopedia, 1912.

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