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Military tent, 12 feet square; peculiar in its construc-tion ; few lines are used, and the tents can be placed closeto each other. Its most important feature is the increasedpower of ventilation.
Stoves and cooking apparatus for tents.
Trophy of flags.
312 Slater & Wright, Whitby —Inventors.
A life-boat and carriage, not liable to upset on beingstruck hy a sea on one side. An under current or backsweep acting upon the bottom in an opposite direction,would only have the effect of causing the air-box torevolve.
303 Blair, J., Irvine, Ayrshire —Inventor.
Portable camp-cot, combining a tent, bedstead, and
couch. _
304 Croid, R.—Inventor.
Model of a life-boat.
305 Smith, Thomas & William, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
—Proprietors.
Model of the merchant frigate Blenheim, built in July,1848, at St. Peter’s Dockyard, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
306 Trigenza, R.—Producer.
Models of two Falmouth fishing-boats.
307 Hedley, George, Torke Street, Monkwearmouth,
Sunderland —Manufacturer.
Model of a merchant-vessel of the first class, on thescale of a quarter of an inch to the foot. The dimensionsare as follow:—Extreme length, 172; length of keel,161 ; breadth of beam, 35 J; depth of hold, 23; length ofpoop, 48; length of forecastle, 33 feet. The ship isframed all round, instead of having a separate stem-frame, and is built up in the usual manner. It has fivekeelsons, one at the bottom of the hold, two on the foot-hooks, and two on the second foothoolcs or bilge. It isstated that as jack-screws are used in the building of thisship, she will possess one great advantage over others,whose shores, being made in the ordinary way, are liable,when loaded, in a storm, to be thrown out, and cannot heput in again. The screws adopted in this ship, if likelyto he thrown out during the working of the vessel in aheavy sea, can be screwed up again from the deck by abrass plate let into a plank on the deck, and applying thekey to tighten the screw, without the least injury to thevessel or cargo. The ’twixt-beam staple-knees are madehalf-circle, so that the two throat-holes go in the upperstroke or plank, and the other three holes in the stroke orplank below. In between decks and lower hold arediagonal straps, 78 feet long. The iron fastenings, hooks,riders, and crutches are all secured the same as forward,across the stern-post; diagonal straps are placed on thehold and deck beams, to prevent the vessel straining,when rolling and labouring athwart in a head sea. Thereare eight ventilators in the covering-boards, to ventilatethe timbers, and she is fitted with Mr. Hughes’ newwindlass and steering apparatus, a larger model of thelatter of which is in the Exhibition.
308 Swallow, J. C.—Inventor.
Model of a life-boat.
309 Royal National Institution for the Preserva-
tion of Life from Shipwreck. —Producer.
Model of a life-boat.
Specimens of gold and silver medals.
309a Collars, J. B.—Inventor.
Model of a life-boat.
310 Mariners’ Friend Society, 58 Fenelmrch Street —Inventors.
Model of a station for affording assistance in case ofwreck. It provides residence for one man, with whom abrigade is connected for the same purpose, and containsvarious articles for rescuing life and property, and reco-vering the apparently drowned.
Model of a village station for similar purposes. Thelarge room, which is intended as a reception room, mayalso be used for educational purposes, for the benefit ofseamen, fishermen, and their families.
Life-belt worn hy the brigade.
Wager or racing boat, for one pair of sculls, built ofmahogany and maple, with outrigger rowlocks.
313 Sparrow, Robert, Wexford— Inventor.Model of a life-boat on an improved principle.
314 Williams, William —Inventor.Model of a life-boat.
315 Laing, James, Sunderland —Builder.
Model of the ship “ Vimiera,” 1,020 tons, belong 111 ?to Messrs. D. Dunbar & Sons, of London, built hy Jam* 1 ®Laing. Proportion of length to beam 5 to 1: it is said tobe remarkable for fast sailing and large capacity.Principal dimensions—•
Length. . . . 165 feet.
Breadth ... 33 ,,
Depth .... 23 ,,
Length from head to taffrail 196 feet. ,
One side represents the ship in a finished state, a 1 ’ 1the fastening applied in securing her; the other si*shows the disposition of the framing, and the various d e "scriptions of knees used in connecting the beams to tusides of the ship. This side is so arranged as to ope 11 ’and show the internal structure of the ship.
The model was made by Thomas Hardy.
316 Hodgson, Moses, 6 Moor Street, Sunderland —
Manufacturer. _
Model of a pilot coble, with its oars, sail, and otnappointments. It is similar to those which ply out of * 1port of Sunderland.
317 Monteagle, The Right Hon. Lord, 7 Park Street’
Westminster —Producer. e
Model of a curragh, or light row-boat, portable by 0man; used for fishing on the north-west coast of Irelau[Off the western coast of Ireland , which to a consider
able extent is “ iron-hound,” the ancient Celtic
boat
called the curragh (carabus), or novique (navicula), l 1 gbeen constructed so late as the present century. Rconstructed with a frame of osiers woven in basket-W 01 ’and covered over witli a hide. It is accurately descrmby Julius Solinus , as well as in the following P as ® a “ tfrom Ciesar:—“ Imperat militibus CiEsar ut naves—f 8 ® 11 *cujus grueris cum superioribus annis usus Britammdocuerat. Carina prinium ac statumiua ex levi mat 01fiebant, reliquam corpus navium vimiuibus contextcoriis integebantur.”—De Bello Civ., lib. i. § 54. .
This ancient boat has been superseded within the40 years hy the modem curragh, or canoe, of whichpresent model is given on a scale of an inch to a 1Strained canvas, coated with tar, is now used in prefereto horseliide, as less liable to stretch when exposesea-water. f
These peculiar boats are well adapted to the coasts^^Ireland ; they are easily hauled up hy the fisherman,carried to his own cottage. Against a heavy sea andthey possess great superiority over boats built wild wBut they are only suited to line fishing, from the nsity that the men should remain steady to theirWhen going before the wind, a light lug-sail lStimes set, and though apparently unsteady and u 11 ^ #these curraghs, when managed with dexterity, ^heavier sea than any other open boat. They are usumanned by four rowers, each using two paddles. j,yThe original curragh, or carabus, as it isLatin writers, was well known in ancient times,bus parva Scaplia ex vimine facta, quasconlio genus navigii praibit.”—Isidor. xix. L
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