GUNS, WEAPONS, &c.
West End Gallery and South-West Gallery.
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Model of the “ Samuel Enderby.”
163 Miller, Ravenhill, & Co., Ratcliff and Blackmail- —Engineers and Ship-builders.
Bla ^ of the “Jupiter” steam-boat, running betweenoiowall and Gravesend. Designed by Edward Pasco.
Rose, John Thomas, Regent Street, Leith —at , Designer,
illno* • * n oa K °f a Roman war-galley (Quadrireme),trative of Mr. Howell’s theory of the Polycrota.in t0 id 1 * 8 theory, the “banks” were reckoned
Du , e direction of the galley’s length, and not from thetheo ■ t ' ers > as generally supposed. On the commonoars' PtoIem J Philopater’s galley, of forty banks ofhein-ht*# 18 * have been nearly two hundred feet in itshavp * * r °M the water; on the above theory it need notPut ’ exce ?ded ten feet. The oars (40 in number) areln Motion by a handle at the side.
65 Smith, Henry, 208 Rotherhithe Street, Rotherhithea , . —Manufacturer,
scale f * Model of the barque “ Ealing Grove,” on ato ooe-third of an inch to a foot, one side left open°' v the construction.
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At j Holl, J., & Co., Vauxhall Walk —Inventor.Mo4el of a barge.
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} °en 167 to 180 in East End Prussian Gallery South .
Li h '^ entze li-i A., Lambeth —Manufacturer.c arved v.®*,®’ built of mahogany, maple, and chesnut, withhoiinn.. c * an d morocco seat. Racing boat, built of ma-Mocf i and Maple.
sides th a re gistered life-boat, built with tumblehomeb°tt 0 ’ e sides and-ends divided into compartments, theas tho Perforated so that the water finds its level as fast6 sea breaks over it.
L°at°i' S ^ EI1 ’ 4oHN & Thomas, Streatham —Inventors.P°und ’ 'wood, coated on both sides with a com-
boat s and ® utta P el 'cha and India rubber. Sections ofPMofino- s ^ a h cases, of the same. Samples of water-s Wi„?\. Accou trements made of the same. Specimens
w Mg the effect of shot.
® e Arle, George, & Sons, Stangate, Lambeth —Model „r Manufacturers,
"Scale 1 ■ 1 , e state barge of the Lord Mayor of LondonBoat’ a if , to a foot. ( Main Avenue West).
169a Brown, Joseph, 71 Leadenliall Street —Inventor and Manufacturer.
Registered portable raft for the preservation of life fromshipwreck, &c.
Patent double-action sofa bed, intended to prevent seasickness.
Patent fire-escape ; it forms a raised platform, and mayhe used as a scaffold, for exterior decorations, &c.
170 Lapthorn, James, Gosport , Hants —Sailmaker.
Model of a brig yacht, 450 tons, with spars and sails.
171 Ruthven, Morris West, New Street, Edinburgh —
Inventor and Patentee.
Model of a steam-vessel, with improvements in propel-ling and navigating. To the engine shaft is attached awheel, working in a water-tight case, to which water issupplied, and from which it is allowed to escape by a pipe,terminated by a nozzle on either side the ship, which byuniversal joints can be raised or depressed to any angle,directed forwards, backwards, or downwards simulta-neously or alternately, thereby giving a greater or lessspeed to the ship either ahead or astern, or causing herto remain stationary; or by placing one nozzle ahead andthe other astern the vessel is made to go about or alterher course, so that if the rudder be carried away, those ondeck can affect her motion or speed without altering thatof the engine.
172 Shuldham, Molyneaux, Melton, Woodbridge —
Inventor.
Patent revolving masts, &c. The assumed utility ofthe invention consists in causing the masts to revolve, bywhich manual labour in the evolution of “tacking” isavoided.
These masts are adapted to yachts, despatch vessels,and coast cruisers; hut more particularly to coasters orvessels voyaging in intricate navigations, or in the ArcticSeas .
Illustrations of a method of ballasting vessels, combinedwith the revolving rig.
A boat made to show a method of constructing a re-volving mast, adapted for small boats, and for two-mastedluggers, up to 20 tons, by the aid of a spreader for one,or a pair of shrouds, with an apparatus to show thatthe plan is also adapted for small pleasure-boats.
173 Penrice, Lieut., R.E., Ordnance Survey , Hull —
Inventor and Proprietor.
Model of the stern of a vessel, with a new propellerand machinery, the object being to obtain a more directreaction, less slip, and greater velocity of stroke. Regis-tered April, 1851.
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Penrice’s new Propeller for Steam-vessels.
figures also indicate the peculiar mechanical arrangements,giving the propellers their propulsive movement.