Patent Model - Improvement in Fish-Hatching Apparatus
Maker and role
Thomas Ferguson, Patentee
Production date
Jan 27 1878
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Media/Materials
Painted wood, brass, steel
Measurements
4 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 11 3/4" (11.4 x 16.5 x 29.8cm)
Description
Ferguson's invention "relates to methods and devices for hatching spawn of fishes, and has for its object to hatch such spawn in still waters, where the current will not impart sufficient motion to the eggs or furnish them with a sufficient change of water, and also in waters exposed to storms." (Patent Number 199,527)
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Object number
2015.14.2520a,b
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