118 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



APPAEATUS ACCESSORY TO RIGGING FISHING- VESSELS. 



Grommets — Continued. 



25127. Series of heavy grommet-rings. Used for earrings. Wilcox, Crit- 

 tendeu & Co., Middletown, Conn. 



2.5131. Series of liglit iron sail-tliimbles. Wilcox, Critteuden & Co., Mid- 

 dletown, Conn. 



25132. Series of tliroat-tlaimbles. Gloucester pattern. Wilcox, Ci'ittenden 



& Co., Middletown, Conn. 



25133. Series of reef-tackle or saddlc-tliimbles. Wilcox, Crittenden & Co., 



Middletown, Conn. 



25134. Series of brass sail-thimbles. Wilcox, Critteuden & Co., Middle- 



[town, Conn. 



25152. Series of open or riggers' thimbles. " " 



25153. Series of wire-rope thimbles. " " 



Anchors. 



32675. Iron killick. A. Voss, Gloucester, Mass. 



25162. Boat-anchor. Wilcox, Crittenden & Co., Middletown, Conn. 



25163. Grappling-iron for dory. " " 



25219. Wooden killick or coast anchor. H. C. Chester, Xoank, Conn. 

 29249. Series of sailors' palms (from best to tlie poorest). Wilcox, Critten- 

 den & Co., Middletown, Conn. 



29423. Sailor's palm (left hand). Wilcox, Crittenden & Co., Middletown, 



[Conn. 



29424. Sailor's roping i)alm, A 1 (right hand). " " 

 32651. Trawl-killick. Patented by E. N. Twiss, April, 1878. E. N. Twiss. 

 39421. Voss' Improved self-stocking anchor. D. C. Voss, E. Gloiicester, 



Mass. 



"This invention consists of a shank and flukes, similiir to a common 

 anchor; but its superiority consists in the folding of the stock, which is 

 effected by means of a bar jiassing through the shank, to which the arms 

 or parts of the stock are pivoted by bolts, the ])ivoted ends of the stock 

 being so formed as to stop and support the arms at right angles to tha 

 shank, and while the folding stock enables you to stow or handle your 

 anchor with ease, it does not prevent it from answering all the purposes 

 of a common stock, as the draught of the cable on the shank cannot fail 

 to bring it into position, nor can the cable get foul with the stock, as the 

 pivot enables the stock to fall Ijack, causing the turn of the cable to ship 

 off. 



"It is claimed tli.it its advantages as a trawl-anchor cannot be sur- 

 passed, as one can stow them anywhere in the dory and they are out of 

 the way, and besides the advantage of stowing them in the hold of the 

 vessel (as six or eight of them can be stowed in the same space as one of 

 the common anchors)." 

 22224. Snug-stow anchor. Wilcox, Crittenden & Co., Middletown, Conn. 



Drags. 



39488. Collins' adjustable marine drag. (Model. Scale of 3.) Captain J. 

 W. Collins, Gloucester, Mass. Used by vessels "laying to" in a 

 storm. 



Mast-gear. 



25802. Six " purrel trucks." Used on a rope around the mast to keep the 

 gaff on the mast. W^alter Coleman & Sons, Providence, R. I. 



