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Re: Merriman's Life Preserving Dress

From: Jean-Michel Margot <jmmargot~at~mindspring.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:50:19 -0500
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Christian Sánchez wrote:
> In June 1875, Paul Boyton, "the fearless frogman," crossed the English
> Channel enclosed in "Merriman's Life Preserving Dress," an inflatable
> rubber suit designed to float 300 pounds:
> http://www.futilitycloset.com/2009/02/14/land-ho/.
> Is it what the heroe uses in *Les Tribulations d’un Chinois en Chine* *?*
> **
> Best regards,
> Christian
Yes, the two studies about Boyton are the numbers 1244 and 3184 in my
"Bibliographie documentaire sur Jules Verne":

Laissus, Joseph - Qui était le capitaine Boyton? Bulletin de la Société
Jules Verne (Nouvelle Série), P. 22-25, Vol. 2, No 8, Juillet - décembre
1968.

Robin, Christian - Un capitaine de vingt-neuf ans. Cahiers du Centre
d'Etudes verniennes et du Musée Jules Verne (Nantes, Société des Amis de
la Bibliothèque municipale), P. 9-13, No 1, 1981.

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