Patent Model - Improvement in Self-Leveling Berths for Ships, &c.
Maker and role
John Thompson, Patentee
Charles Fitz, Assignee
Production date
Aug 07 1877
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, brass
Measurements
12 x 12 x 12" (30.5 x 30.5 x 30.5cm)
Description
Thompson assigned three eights of his rights to Charles Fitz. His patent "is a new and useful Improvement in the Arrangements of the Berths, Cots, Settees, Cars, Lounges, and Chairs of Ships and other Vessels, the purpose of which is to prevent or to cure such sickness at sea as may be produced by the action of the vessel." (Patent Number 193,837)
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Object number
2015.14.2433a,b
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