USES OF WilAI.EBONi:. 457 



tion of whalebone to the manufacture of " hats, 

 caps, and bonnets for men and women ; harps for 

 harping or cleansing corn or grain ; and also the 

 bottoms of sieves and riddles ; and girths for 

 horses ; and also cloth for webbing, fit for making 

 into hats, caps, &c. ; and for tlie backs and seats 

 of chairs ; sofas, gigs, and other similar carriages 

 and things ; and for the bottom of beds ; and also 

 whalebone reeds for weavers *." 



A patent was gi-anted to JNIr Samuel Crackles, 

 of Hull, brush-manufacturer, " for a method of 

 making and manufacturing brushes from whale- 

 bone ;" dated November 3. 1808 f . 



JMr H. W. A^ander Kleft, of London, procured 

 a patent, bearing date August 17- 1813, for the 

 invention of a " walking staff, calculated to con- 

 tain a pistol, powder, ball, and screw telescope, 

 pen, ink, paper, pencil, knife, and drawing uten- 

 sils ;" the exterior of which may be covered or ve- 

 neered witli prepared whalebone t. 

 A patent has also been granted to JMr R. Dixon, 

 49. High Holborn, London, for an improvement 

 in the mode of manufacturing portmanteaus and 

 travelling trunks, by the use t)f whalebone. 



■ Repertory of Arts, vol. xi. (2d scries,) p. 411. 

 t Idem, vol. xiv. (2d series,) p. 1 56. 

 4. Idem, vol. xxA'i. (2d scries,) p. 88. 



