GUNS, WEAPONS, &c.

West End Gallery and South-West Gallery.

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Rocket-gun and rocket lines for saving lives from ship-recks, fixed upon a model of the exhibitor’s life-boat. Iscalculated to effect communication up to 600 yards withcenracy, and obviate the present defect of the rocket^fleeted f rom the intended aim. _

j. te gistered stanchion gun for wild-fowl shooting, r lreay iK CU5sio “ tubes.

i “ 1 ' 1 J t ary musket, of a lighter construction, and greater.reality and range than those now in use. Doublerifle on a new construction.

fan-of newly-finished gun-barrels in the piston prootJT’ P re P a red for proving. In this process the cylinders. 1 the barrels are closed by steel plungers, and the charge. ■ a h>wed no vent for escape but through the orifice of theCo fi S ' "Thns the capacity of the barrels to resist theforce of any given quantity of gunpowder is

of laminated steel in various shapes, showingenacity, tenuity, and density.v " ai harpoons, lances, rockets, &c., as ornaments.

Dyne, W., 17 Basing Place, Kingsland Boad, andBrighton Station, London Bridge— Inventor andto,-. i , kToprietor.

clear • a Patent life-launch, which cannot be stove in,aw-, S l ^ se If of surplus water, and is capable of stowingPortf P rOT tsions and water for one month, and of sup-y, 11 v tnore persons than could attach themselves to it.t en °f an overland or emigration patent life-boat,taoa i tich cau he stowed in the space of a common boat.Air, I i °f a “ stone life-boat.”

Ain i i a diagonal or lattice-frame registered life-boat,lu’tdges a Patent collapsible life-raft, for pontoons or

a stone buoy.

fromA® 1 of a bottomless life-boat, that can be thrownMori i ^ eck °f a vessel for immediate use.horse l a Patent cattle life-preserver, equipped on aWater a method of buoying up cattle while in the

Cata e °c el , 0:f a patent buoyant box, the system being appli-

Mortoi P° rtrr >anteaus, mail-bags, &c.

of boat °f a life-boat comb, or apparatus for the safety

lieavv S U ' IC1J hoarding wrecked or distressed vessels mj^y surfs. &

, ob a patent life-buoy. While buoying np anblue a i 0U 1 °f the water it provides him with rockets,s houlq n - ( f °fber lights, to show what position lie is in,out. i n the night; these ignite upon being taken

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Bbown, Lenox, & Co., 8 Billiter Square —

Mod A l nve ntors and Manufacturers.

Used. p„°.f a „ n Admiralty regulation anchor—the larges"'on.'exhh-?- tllelar g est chain cable, 2J inch diameter oPlan of ft, a swivel, a joining shackle (with Lenox’i

. Tfi e *Jj nin 8 H le Pin), and an anchor shackle.ln the ti, , anchor and part of the smallest cable usee4 pat a ^ avy '

% friction* Y* llcbass purchase. The motion is obtainei? r Palls nr °: meta l baiids upon metal barrels: no wheels!? the shto °l’ ler machinery required; cable can be giveit“c lever ui monleilt k y slackening the bands wit!

Pits, Xbg 6 5 chain, used in coal and other balancedWales insc, \ r ® e chains are fastened together by metals Patent m!;D ln ,r ileblock of wood.

?Sineerj n ir Ue , e cast-iron blocks or pulleys for ships,° r Wooden ’ other purposes, intended as a substitute® ast to anv l C!S an<b wr °ught-iron or brass blocks;at terwarq s * s hape anil rendered tough or malleable

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cett, Francis, Mount Pleasant , Douglas,Models of r ^ Un —Proprietor.

' ecked ovev on the twin principle, completely

k'uts, whieb c . tkv i l led into twenty air-tight compart-au neither be swamped nor upset; and as

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the keel forms both stem and stern-post, they are welladapted for landing in a heavy surf, no point presentingitself as a fulcrum by which they can be capsized.

63 Betteley, J., Liverpool —Manufacturer.

Model of a ship’s windlass, with patent propeller.Patent anti-friction sheaves.

64 Baillie, Benjamin, 118 Wardour Street, Soho

—Inventor.

Model of a vessel, with improved rigging, mast, and sails.Intended to give to a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, or to alugger, the advantage over one square-rigged, in workingto windward. The sails being bent to booms, which arepivoted or hung by their own leverage, will adjust them-selves to the required angle, without the labour requiredto brace the yards, as in square-rigged vessels; at thesame time, being brought up to windward by the booms,will lessen the pressure to leeward incidental to ordinaryfore-and-aft rigged vessels.

65 Pearson, J. W., Mill Dam, South Shields —Inventor.Model of an oar.

66 Thompson, Thomas, Commander, R.N., 3 George

Street, Leith —Inventor.

Safety-plug, for boats aud vessels, constructed of gun-metal or brass, for the prevention of casualties arisingfrom the loss or misplacing of the ordinary loose boat-plugs, and for greater security from leakage and facilityof adjustment.

67 Parker, Chas., Newark, Notts— Inventor.

A screw-valve, consisting of a circular brass plate, ofabout three inches diameter and a quarter of an inchthick, having a hole in the centre to admit the valve,which is opened or closed by means of a screw attachedto it; the latter works in another screw fixed on theplate, immediately over the valve hole. Intended tosupersede the present plug in ships’ boats. Being a fixtureit cannot be lost, as the plugs often are.

This screw-valve is large enough for an ordinary-sizedboat: it is exhibited in a rough model of a boat, one footlong.

68 Hopwood & Armstrong, 184 St. George Street,

Wellclose Square —Inventor.

Registered brass side scuttles, with metal doors, forships, also for light and ventilation.

68a Robinson, W. F., Lieut . E.N.

A self-acting safety plug for life-boats, barges, andother vessels.

69 Gregory, Alfred, 54 St. George Street, Past —Inventor.

Safety-plate, to cover the aperture of a ship’s scuttle,instead of the whole scuttle being covered with lead,copper, or wood. It is an external plate, put on from theinside, making it a solid compact body of brass. It isdesigned to save expense in the usual way of covering,the nails of which injure the ship’s sides ; also the multi-plied expenses of coverings, this mode lasting until thescuttle is worn out; to make the windows safe in case ofstorm in the space of one minute, and, being water-tight,to prevent any inrush of water : thus tending to the pre-servation of human life, &c.—Registered.

71 Long, Joseph & James, & Co., 20 Little TowerStreet —Inventors and Patentees.

Curvilinear steering apparatus. By the simple actionof the hand upon the steering wheel, the curvilinear leveris brought to bear on a convex cogged tiller, fixed to therudder head. It possesses such leverage, that a hoy cansteer the ship. As the cogged tiller is always in aparallel line with the centre of the lever, the rudderbecomes a fixture when not operated upon by the helms-man ; thus securing him from accident or strain.

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