GUNS, WEAPONS, &c.
West End Gallery and South-West Gallery.
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Pole drag, used in shallow water and where there is nostveam. To the timely use of this machine many bathersan d skaters owe their lives.
A pole drag, with an air-tight cylinder placed incentre, to render it a floating drag. It is used fore scuing persons who have broken through the ice and1ave been drawn under its surface.
*6 Hatt, C., Lowestoft , Suffolk—Inventor.
Model of a life-boat.
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h en 1 s of cordage, manufactured from tarred Russian (PhPj . *te Manilla hemp, and tarred New Zealand flax>muni ienax ). (In Classes 5 and 6.)
kno 16 va ^ ua Me and remarkable product, commerciallyg eQ Wn as New Zealand flax, is the fibre of a plant indi-i s that country and in Norfolk Island . The fibre
re Sn aille< ^ from the leaves of this plant, and in manyb^ o ec * s rivf ds that of hemp for toughness. The plantothe 1:0 ^he natural family Liliacece: its cultivation in\ v Uv . <lT1 its native districts has hitherto been attended^indifferent results.—R. E.]
Mod'V tTum pet, for fog or alarm signals.eis > showing Kapson’s patent slide tiller.
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tNrt, P, H. F., Sydney Cottage , Hewlett Place ,Cheltenham —Inventor.
exhi^; t ne ta hi e » for preventing breakages at sea. Thefectlyi° r ®* a tos that the top of this table will remain per-it i s v. e y e h without any regard to the rolling of the ship;^ e gistered^ e ’ an ^ may 1)6 ta h- en a P ar t in nine pieces.
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Robertson, John, Hmehouse Hole, Poplar-
Manufacturer.
William, Wahner, Deal —Inventor.
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ift d£? el an apparatus for propelling a line to a vesselsuuftv T j Ss a short distance from the shore, intended toboat * e tlle use °f gunpowder; with a model of a wicker0 travel on a hawser from the shore to the vessel.
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J e»ningham, Arthur William, Commander H.M.S.
lvr., , “ Excellent,” Portsmouth— Inventor.
born - of an anchor to be fired from a mortar of met.”'6, With a „T.- — —
iucl’m th a charge of 10 ounces of powder, tw^
hManilla line out 200 yards to sea, Jor _ the pu P°n-thore a Ufe ' boat off through the surf when the wind
2 \, Mangy, G. W„ Great Yarmouth— Inventor,odel of life-boat and mortar apparatus.
A.YCK.BOURN, Frederick, 129 Sole Invento'
ti , and Manufacturer. * -iifr-
belt m, 1 . float > or invisible life-preserver, and swrmmi . ghiav a PP aratus may he ' WOTn without roc ?\ ; wrec ijat i nst antly rendered available in cases of sh p1+ • a » aa d may be used as a support in learning tM yp^ble, easily managed, and will last for y^ a * ,ex bibU^ S ^^ e_ ^ oats ant ^ portable boats, invented yOk___
0 Offord, D., Great Yarmouth —Inventor,the shot > to assist the hauling of life-boats, &c., ott
ea oh through heavy surfs.
26 Omord, D., & Bradbeer, S., Great Yarmouth—R ock life- r _ • IlW< “
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- Preserving apparatus.
Eftwmh, W. H., 43 Cumberland Market,
. Model of u Regent's Park —Inventor.t,0 hs of v . a heavy-armed cutter, constructed from por-Places of n 7° as old men-of-war and of other oak fromo onety. On a stand of the surplus wood.
28 Purser, Joseph, 73 Shaftesbury Street, Mem NorthBond, Ifoxton —Inventor.
Self-acting fire-escape, with some useful practical im-provements ; exhibited for cheapness.
Bomb-shell.
29 Carte, Alexander Gordon, Citadel, Hull —
Inventor and Manufacturer.
Pocket apparatus for throwing a line to a strandedship.
Self-acting life-buoy, invented in 1831; by its means,since 1838, the lives of nearly 400 persons have beensaved.
Sea-service rocket apparatus, for throwing a line froma vessel to the shore, or to another in distress at sea.
Self-adjusting cork life-belt.
Alarm-signal, for the protection of houses, out-liouses,plantations, &c.
30 Ditchburn, Thomas Joseph, Blackmail —Designer
and Builder.
Models of the following vessels, &c.:—
War steam-vessel of 1,200 tons and 400-horse power,named “ Vladimere,” built in 1848 for the Emperor ofRussia .
Steam-packet, named “ Taman,” built for the Russian Government.
Screw steam-vessel, for coast defence, named “ Sharp-shooter,” built for Her Majesty’s service.
Steam-packet, named “ Wonder” (one of five packets),built for the conveyance of passengers and merchandisebetween Southampton and the Channel Islands.
Iron cutter yacht “Mystery,” built for Lord AlfredPaget, M.P.
The first passenger steam-packet on the river Thames between London and Gravesend, built 1813; of 40 tonsburthen, and 9-horse power.
“ Earl Spencer,” one of the last passenger sailingpackets that plied between London and Gravesend, built1796.
The “Fairy ” screw steam-yacht, built for Her Majesty.
Iron schooner sailing-yacht, named “ Volna,” built forthe Grand Duke Constantine of Russia .
A river Thames passenger steam-boat.
James Watt ’s experimental steam-boat “ Caledonia,”fitted with two 14-horse engines, which made several tripsfrom London to Margate in 1816, and ascended the Rhine to Coblentz in 1817.
A passenger steam-packet, “ Favorite,” 40-horse power,built 1817, expressly to run between London and Margate.
Wrought-iron caisson, built to supersede the use ofentrance gates to the new stone docks at Woolwich.
31 Lavars, John, Bridge Street, Bristol —Inventor.
Models of a floating buoyant settee, for the decks ofpassenger steamers, resembling in shape, size, and appear-ance the usual settees, and capable of being converted intoa raft. The seat is composed of two boxes, which fold oneach other, each box containing an air-tight gutta perchacase.
32 Sloggett, Richard, Devonport —Designer andProducer.
Specimen of naval architectural drawing, and a newdesign, representing the profile and bow of a war steam-ship of 500-horse power. The profile of the bow showsall the interior fittings, while the front view exhibits theexterior fittings, anchors, &c„ which are transferred fromthe profile and half-breadth plans.