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  EEPOllT 
  OF 
  COMMISSION 
  Eli 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [32] 
  

  

  No. 
  272317. 
  

  

  (Ernest 
  F. 
  Pflueger, 
  Akron, 
  Ohio; 
  patented 
  February 
  13,1883; 
  artificial 
  fish-bait. 
  

  

  See 
  Plate 
  XXXVIII.) 
  

  

  Coats 
  the 
  showy 
  or 
  attractive 
  parts 
  of 
  artificial 
  bait 
  with 
  a 
  substance 
  

   which 
  will 
  be 
  hfminous 
  in 
  the 
  dark. 
  This 
  substance 
  may 
  bo 
  applied 
  

   upon 
  the 
  outside, 
  or 
  upon 
  Hie 
  inner 
  surface 
  when 
  the 
  bait 
  is 
  hollow 
  and 
  

   of 
  glass. 
  

  

  The 
  material 
  used 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  a 
  paint, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  either 
  self- 
  

   luminous, 
  as 
  phosphoric 
  compounds, 
  or 
  luminous 
  " 
  by 
  an 
  inherent 
  re- 
  

   tentive 
  power, 
  whereby 
  alter 
  having 
  been 
  exposed 
  to 
  light 
  it 
  remains 
  

   luminous 
  for 
  hours 
  afterward." 
  The 
  substance 
  preferred 
  is 
  a 
  paint 
  com- 
  

   posed 
  of 
  sulphide 
  of 
  calcium 
  and 
  a 
  drying 
  oil 
  or 
  varnish. 
  

  

  A 
  bait 
  thus 
  made 
  can 
  be 
  used 
  as 
  any 
  ordinary 
  bait 
  in 
  the 
  daylight, 
  

   and 
  at 
  night, 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  shaded 
  and 
  darker 
  places 
  in 
  the 
  water, 
  it 
  becomes 
  

   luminous 
  and 
  affords 
  a 
  bright 
  object 
  to 
  attract 
  the 
  fish. 
  

  

  The 
  inventor 
  says 
  : 
  

  

  " 
  I 
  am 
  aware 
  that 
  lamps, 
  lanterns, 
  and 
  luminous 
  objects 
  have 
  been 
  

   employed 
  as 
  decoys 
  to 
  entice 
  fish 
  into 
  nets 
  and 
  to 
  bait." 
  

  

  CLAIM. 
  

  

  "As 
  a 
  new 
  article 
  of 
  manufacture, 
  an 
  artificial 
  fish 
  -bait, 
  coated 
  with 
  a 
  

   substance 
  which 
  is 
  luminous 
  in 
  the 
  darkness 
  and 
  having 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  

   fish-hooks 
  attached 
  thereto, 
  substantially 
  as 
  aud 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  spec- 
  

   ified." 
  

  

  No. 
  284056. 
  

  

  (Ernest 
  F. 
  Pflueger, 
  Akron, 
  Ohio; 
  patented 
  August 
  28, 
  1883; 
  artificial 
  fish-bait. 
  See 
  

  

  Plate 
  XXXIX.) 
  

  

  The 
  bait 
  is 
  hollow, 
  and 
  of 
  malleable 
  glass. 
  On 
  the 
  upper 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  

   interior 
  surface 
  is 
  deposited 
  silver 
  or 
  gold 
  liquid, 
  to 
  produce 
  a 
  highly 
  

   reflective 
  appearance. 
  The 
  lower 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  interior 
  surface 
  is 
  coated 
  

   with 
  any 
  suitable 
  luminous 
  composition, 
  either 
  self-luminous, 
  as 
  phos- 
  

   phorous 
  compositions, 
  or 
  " 
  luminous 
  by 
  an 
  inherent 
  retentive 
  power." 
  

   The 
  substance 
  named 
  is 
  a 
  paint 
  composed 
  of 
  sulphide 
  of 
  calcium 
  and 
  a 
  

   drying 
  oil 
  or 
  varnish. 
  Longitudinally 
  through 
  the 
  bait 
  is 
  passed 
  a 
  

   snood, 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  hook 
  is 
  attached. 
  The 
  hook 
  and 
  snood 
  are 
  held 
  in 
  

   position, 
  and 
  the 
  interior 
  coated 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  bait 
  is 
  protected, 
  by 
  a 
  

   Idling 
  of 
  cement, 
  or 
  other 
  suitable 
  material, 
  which 
  also 
  gives 
  to 
  the 
  bait 
  

   the 
  proper 
  weight 
  or 
  buoyancy. 
  

  

  The 
  inventor 
  says 
  : 
  

  

  " 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  wish 
  to 
  lay 
  claim, 
  broadly, 
  to 
  the 
  idea 
  of 
  a 
  luminous 
  fish- 
  

   bait, 
  as 
  that 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  secured 
  to 
  me 
  by 
  letters 
  patent 
  No. 
  

  

  272317." 
  

  

  