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Class 8.— NAVAL ARCHITECTURE, MILITARY ENGINEERING ,West End Gallery and South-West Gallery.

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72 , Denham, Captain Henry Mangles, R.N., F.R.S.,

United Service Club — Inventor. Cooper &Maclean, 12 Billiter Square , Agents.

Model, with a drawing and description, of the regis-tered “ jury tillerfor steering a ship when the usualhelm fittings become disabled through fire abaft, therudder-tree or head being shattered by shot or awringing strain, the inboard tiller breaking short off, orthe wheel gear breaking down suddenly in a gale or atide-way. It consists of an auxiliary appendage to therudder at the water-line, and can be thrown into gear inan instant. _

73 Hall, Wm. Edward, Moreton, Bideford, and 55

Great Marylebone Street —Inventor.

Mechanical apparatus for the application of the catena-rian curve to the lines of ships, which might advanta-geously be used by engravers on copper, steel, or wood.Copper model of an 18-gun brig or corvette.

Series of diagrams, illustrating a theory of naval archi-tecture.

74 Baird, John R., 210 Strand —Inventor.

Method of lowering a ship’s boat when hanging out of

the water, with speed and safety, in cases of accident, bypreventing one end of the boat going down quicker thanthe other. A man in the boat can lower her into thewater, or raise her to a level with the ship’s deck, bypulling a single rope.

75 Ore, M., Greenock, Scotland —Inventor .

Model, drawing, and explanation of angulated jibs.

Treatise on the area of sails for open boats.

76 Watson, T., 79 Provost Street, 11ox ton —Inventor.Model of a plan for the correct measurement of tonnage

in ships, steam-boats, &c.

77 Poole, J., jun., Copper House, Cornwall — Inventor.Model of an improved paddle-wheel.

78 Slater, W., 332 High Street, Wapping —Proprietor.

Improved patent copper powder-barrel, which preservesgunpowder in perfect safety against fire and damp.

79 Gale, J. & R., Whitby — Inventors andManufacturers.

Model of life-boat, emptying itself, when full of water,in the short space of four seconds, by means of two aper-tures in the bottom.

80 Ladd, Chas. P., Lieut . R.N., 10 Walcot Place,Lambeth —Designer and Inventor.

Marine table to prevent breakage of glass and spillingof liquids at sea in rough weather. The invention con-sists in its being made to swing freely in the middle of asaloon table, fixed by screws to the cabin floor.

81 Mason, Edward, Brompton Post Office —Inventor,

Designer, and Builder.

Model of a steam-boat, “ Queen of the Ocean,” built ofcedar wood out of the old “ Gibraltar,” Spanish ship ofwar.

Model of a self-acting life-boat, calculated to right her-self immediately, with the crew lashed to her thwarts,'inthe event of being upset, without the assistance of anyadditional weight or balance, &c.

Midship section of a ship’s deck, with concealed fast-enings. _

82 Coryton, John, Erechtheum Club, St. James’s Square

—Designer and Inventor.

Model of a sailing-vessel and life-boat, constructed andpropelled on new principles.

83 Bremner, J., Wick, Scotland —Inventor .Model of a life-boat.

84 Ferguson, C. A. & T., Poplar — Inventors.Model of a -gun-carriage.

85 Allan, John H., 2 Leadenhall Street —Proprietor.

Model of a South Shields coble.

Model of truss-work, introduced by Sir Robert Sep"pings, for the internal fastening of ships, and on the sameprinciple as the girders of the Exhibition Building. Rrepresents a section of the between-decks of the EastIndia ship “ Sir Robert Seppings,” built at Moulmein , iuthe Tenasserim provinces, and is made of part of her teakplanking.

86 Lyons, George, 8 Britain Street, Portsea —Manufacturer and Inventor.

Model of a screw-propelling rudder.

87 Margary, —, Inventor and Patentee.

Specimens of patent canvas. Upwards of half 9million yards have been prepared for the HonourableBoard of Ordnance by the process of the exhibitor.

Various pieces of prepared and unprepared canvas mdifferent stages of decay.

The same process is extensively used in the preparationof sleepers and timber for railway and other purposes-Specimens of its application.

88 Parsey, William, 455 Oxford Street —Inventor.

Working model of a bell-buoy for warning vessels odanger. Motion is obtained by the action of the surfacecurrent or tide on a water-wheel, placed between twofloats or barges, which is communicated to the hamm efor striking the bell and giving the alarum.

89 Kincaid, T., Greenock, Scotland —Inventor .Models of fan-propeller, variously applied.

90 Beadon, Geo., Captain, R.N., Creechbarrow, Tauntoft>Somersetshire —Inventor.

Prince Alfred's mirror: a glass mounted upon a nan®cal adjustment for glasses. , , f

Universal rowlocks, applicable for any descriptionoar.

Whale gun, for projecting harpoons with precision.

Boat safety reel, to prevent the upsetting of boatssqualls. lie

Life-raft for ships; a folding catamaran hung atstern, and occupying little room; the operation of l oflr

ing prepares it for use. , ts ’

Mast clamp, to facilitate stepping or lowering b°masts.

Gun elevator, for artillery. , a

Illustrations of a new system of propulsion, up 0scale of J of an inch to a cubit. , . , oU t

Indicating or filter cock, to draw off liquids witdisturbing the sediment. , , g 0 f

Phaeton hood-lifter, for raising or lowering heaphaetons.

Improved door, obviating draughts, &c.

Universal tractor. , ,. s for

Nearly all these inventions comprise certain p alwhich patents have been taken.

H Clark, Joseph, 10 Parliament Street, Westminst

Inventor. 0 cc n '

Model of the bunk life-boat. To be used as a . c< ^’ a °life-ying the space of the bunk or berth, and forming boa poat alwavs ready for use. Model of a flexible u

92 Young, Dowson, & Co., Poplar —Manufacture^,^Ship’s improved rudder fastenings, by the use ° fe gttedwhen the old pintles are broken, new pins can jjitoon board, without the necessity of the ship P uport for that purpose.