Patent Model - Collapsible Boat
Maker and role
Nathan Thompson Jr. (b.1817, d.1888), Patentee
Production date
Aug 28 1855
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, brass
Measurements
2 1/4 x 19 x 6" (5.7 x 48.3 x 15.2cm)
Description
Thompson's patent was an improvement to a "collapsible boat, which may be employed for any purpose which boats usually serve, and is also especially serviceable as a pontoon, with several of which a bridge may be speedily constructed..." His invention consisted of "three essential parts, my sides, bottom, and center keelson, and when these are collapsed, they all lie with their surfaces nearly parallel..." (Patent Number 13,510)
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Object number
2015.14.152a,b
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