This motorboat can turn on a sixpence.

Long before this period, it [London] was fully romanized, and the customs, manners, buildings, and arts of the conqueror adopted.

[…] little need be done for them except to wash them with a little boric acid solution (one teaspoonful of boric acid to a glass of water) occasionally, and now and then to rub in a little petrolatum, plain or borated.

With a people pod snugged underneath, it can even transport troops.