Patent Model - Instrument for Measuring Sails
Maker and role
John Dominis (b.1796, d.1846), Patentee
Production date
Sep 30 1842
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Pine (visual), brass
Measurements
17 3/4 x 20 1/2 x 1" (45.1 x 52.1 x 2.5cm)
Description
Dominis's invention is for "new and useful mathematical scales and tables for determining the gores, roaches, and proportions of sails for cutting the same from rolls of canvas." (Patent Number 2,790)
Collection
Object number
2015.14.30a,b
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