Amateur inventor's homemade submarine
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-09-03 21:55
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Tao Xiangli prepares his homemade submarine before operating it in a lake on the outskirts of Beijing September 3, 2009. Amateur inventor Tao, 34, made a fully functional submarine, which has a periscope, depth control tanks, electric motors, manometer, and two propellers, from old oil barrels and tools which he bought at a second-hand market. He took 2 years to invent and test the submarine which costs 30,000 yuan (US$4,385). [Agencies] ![Amateur inventor's homemade submarine](http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/images/attachement/gif/site1/20090903/0013729e4abe0c0a0efa05.gif)
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