Patent Model - Improvement in Ships' Night-Signals
Maker and role
Joseph Fowle (b.1823, d.1880), Patentee
Production date
Oct 07 1879
Object detail
Media/Materials
Tinned sheet iron, brass, glass, paint
Measurements
5 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 5 1/2" (14 x 26 x 14cm)
5 1/8 x 3 13/16" (13 x 9.7cm)
5 1/8 x 3 13/16" (13 x 9.7cm)
Description
Fowle's invention "relates to improvements in ships' night-signals and signal apparatus; and it consists in one or more lanterns for each vessel, which lantern is provided with a light of any ordinary kind, and with movable colored glass slides, as well as with movable perforated signal-plates, each one of the latter having a perforation of a peculiar and prominent design and outline, so that its shape may be easily recognized and perceived from other vessels at a safe distance to allow them to change their courses accordingly." (Patent Number 220,230)
Collection
Object number
2015.14.3003a-c
Maker
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