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waterproof and recommended for simplicity of construction, durability, lightness, and cost. 

 (3) Ditto examples, shewing small compass in which they can be packed. (4) Jointed poles 

 of own design. (5) Sailcloth. (6) Camping Furniture. (7) Jenner's Lemon Saline, an 

 effectual remedy for sea sickness or scurvy ; also other maritime necessaries. 



333. GRIMSBY COAL SALT AND TANNING COMPANY. 



For details, see No. Ui, p. 10. 



DIVISION IX. [Life-boat Shed.] See Plan, p. 38. 



Lifeboats, their equipment, and life-saving apparatus of every 



description. 



%* In Life Boat Gallery, immediately to the north of, and parallel with, the British Deep 



Sea Fisheries Gallery. 



336. GRAY, J. W., & SON, 115, Leadenhall Street, E.G.. (1) " Whitby " 



Patent Day and Night Life-buoy for use on steamers and yachts. (2) Model showing Internal 

 Sections of the Buoy. The " Whitby " Buoy, made in twelve water-tight compartments, has 

 a buoyancy capable of supporting four people. When released a wire running through a tube 

 is detached, and on its reaching the water ignition takes place. The Buoy is also fitted with 

 flags, whistle, and a flask for stimulants. 



337. DENT, EDWIN, 6 New Saint Mark Street, Dansome Lane, Hull. 

 (1) Model of Lifeboat about 20 inches. (2) Life Belt (model) with an arrangement for 

 keeping crews together in case of wreck. 



338. YOUNG, LAMBTON, C.E.,16 Harcourt Terrace, Kedcliffe Square, 

 London, S. W. A glass case conta ning two models of life-saving surf boats to do duty off coast 

 bathing places for protection of bathers. These 16-ft. boats will, when full of water, support 

 12 people in safety, and can be managed by one man with ease. The rollers at the stern of 

 these boats are to enable one to pull a body on board the boat with the least amount of 

 resistance, thus saving both time (which is of such vital importance), and avoiding the injury 

 to the ribs and other parts of the body, which often happens by being pulled iu over the 

 gunwale. 



339. SIMON, JOHN, Buo Ponderense, St. Martin, Guernsey. Model of 

 Lifeboat or Fishing boat. 



340. BOYD, WILLIAM, F.R.S.A., Peterhead, N.B. Model of the 'raft 

 constructed for saving life on the occurrence of the wreck of the French frigate " Medusa," 

 with shears, sail, and steering apparatus adapted to it for the purpose of showing how a raft 

 suitable for the rescue of a shipwrecked crew may be steered. With stand. 



341. HICKS, JOHN, 6, Breed's Place, Hastings. Model of a Ship's 

 Unsinkable Life Haft. 



342. ApHESON, JOSEPH, Ballyane Park, New Eoss, Co. Wexford. 

 Model of Fisherman's Lifeboat. Any and every open boat can thus be easily and cheaply 

 made unsinkdble ; being bulk-headed and decked, level with thwarts, air-tight, bow and stern. 

 Fishing boats thus fitted can be used for saving life from ships in distress, carrying double 

 weight of persons, even when full of water. 



342. POCOCK BROS., 235 Southwark Bridge Eoad, S.E. Life-saving 

 Raft to be used as a bed on board ship. 



343. GRIFFITH, REES MORRIS, Bridlington, East Yorks. Model- 

 Griffith's Folding Life-Saving and Transporting Eaft, in seven sections so as to take up a 

 quarter the room when not in use, each section is an air chamber, with india-rubber tubing 

 as extra buoyancy. For use on passenger and other ships in case of fire, collision, &c., where 

 despatch is important, everything required for propelling, &c., folds up with it. 



343. HUDSON, ROBERT, Blyth, Northumberland. Model of Life 

 Boat. This model is 3 ft. 9 in. long with 10| inches beam. The boat has seven water- 

 tight compartments, composed of three skins: 1st, longitudinal; 2nd, cork, upright; 3rd, 

 diagonal. Improved hollow draught, and air-tight compartments alongside. 



INDIA-RUBBER OEGK BOOTS 



OF EVERT SIZE AND DESCRIPTION. 



ANDERSON, ABBOTT, AND ANDERSON, 



INDIA-RUBBER MANUFACTURERS, 



37, QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, LONDON, E.G. 



