II.-ABSTRACT OF PATENTS ISSUED IN GREAT BRITAIN UP TO 

 THE YEAR 1878, HAVING REFERENCE TO THE PURSUIT, CAP- 

 TURE, AND UTILIZATION OF THE PRODUCTS OF THE FISHER- 

 IES. 



By R. G. Dvrenforth, M. D., 



Examiner, United Stales Patent Office, 



DECOYINa FISH. 



No. 59 of 1632. — Geets'T. — Provides the net, spear, or book with a 

 looking-glass to lure the fish. Provisional. No drawing. 



No. 295 of 1692. — Williams and Maewood. — Fish lured by means 

 of lights burning upon or und^r the water. Pro\isional. No drawing. 



No. 4582 of 1821. — De Chabannes. — Attracting and catching fish. — 

 Lamj) under water having one or more communications with the atmos- 

 phere to feed the flame and allow the smoke to escape ; mirrors connected 

 with traps or nets to lure the fish ; living fish surrounded by glass or 

 other i)rotection in or about the nets, further to lure. Drawing, Plate I. 



No. 4815 of 1823. — Coffin. — Catching fish. — Bait tossed overboard to 

 bring schools of mackerel about the vessel; hooks are then used weighted 

 by brightened lead. Drawing, Plate VIII. 



No. 2580 of 1862.— Fanshatve. — For decoying or for seeing when a 

 suf&cient number of fish have been collected in a net, employs a station- 

 ary or movable submerged electric or other light ; phosphorized oil, or 

 other luminous fluid ; or submerged reflectors reflecting light from above. 



A globe of plain or colored glass, covered by strong wire net, contains 

 the light and is supplied with air by flexible tubing ; or a lantern is em- 

 ployed, constructed with a double roof that, the air therein becoming 

 rarified by the heat, a current may be produced and the lantern rendered 

 self-supplying with air. 



The illuminating apparatus is lowered through a well near the center 

 of the boat ; or lights are sustained by buoys around the vessel. 



When lines are used for cod, salmon, and other fishing, places a small 

 wire-protected glass globe filled with a luminous fluid near the bait, on 

 a horizontal line, and supplies air for combustion through a flexible tube. 

 Drawing, Plate II. 



No. 1751 of 1863.— JoDOCius.— Ordinary electric light to lure the fish 

 into a cage or net. Drawing, Plate III. 



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