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392. BOARD OF TRADE, Whitehall Gardens, London, S.W. (1) 'Rocket 



Life-Saving Apparatus. (2) Albert and other Medals given as rewards for gallantry in saving 

 life at sea. (3) Wreck Charts, &c., &c. (4) Models used at examinations of candidates for 

 certificates of competency as officers in the Mercantile Marine. (5) Kule of the Koad at Sea, 

 in verse, by Mr. Thomas Gray, Assistant Secretary, Marine Department, Board of Trade. 



393. ROBBINS, JOHN, Latimer Place, Latimer Street, South Birming- 

 ham. (1) Improved Model Fire and Water Escape. (2) Angler's Companion. 



394. SAMPLE AND WARD, Blyth. (1) Boat Detaching Gear. (2) 

 Model Boat and Tank. (3) Model Boat. (4) Gear on Frame. (5) Skeleton Model of Gear. 

 (6) Samples of Patent Mousing Hook, for all kinds of hooks. (7) Patent Life-saving Boat, for 

 ships' use. 



395. LACEY, RICHARD G., 4 Goulden Street, Battersea, Surrey. (1) 

 Eocket Apparatus Box. (2) Alarm Signal Box, for ships in distress. (3) A complete Rocket 

 and Line Box, for throwing lines to distant fishing boats ; also for throwing lines from ships in 

 distress to the shore. 



397. PENHEY, WILLIAM H., 4 Sherland Villas, Twickenham. A 

 Collection of Penhey's Patent Sea Messenger and Life Buoy. Being an improved means of 

 conveying messages, mails, and other valuable property from ships at sea, also for saving life 

 in case of wreck or other disaster. 



398. CRITTEN, HENRY, Southtown, Yarmouth. Model of Lifeboat, 

 non-righting principle, scale 1 inch, new improvements to tanks being of copper and 2J inches 

 deeper, thwarts being raised that height, fronts of tanks bevelled to about f> inches each side, 

 causing action of boat to be easier by giving her more water ballast, and causing her to rise 

 quicker when submerged by the amount of extra air space thus given at top of tanks. 



399. COLWELL, CHARLES, Kothsay Villa, Southtown, Great Yar- 

 mouth. (1) Model of a Ship, with apparatus attached to prevent collisions at sea by instantly 

 multiplying the rudder power tenfold, and additional gear to destroy the momentum; 

 with automatic buffers, &c. (2) Model of a Life Boat for Passenger Ships, with con- 

 venient stowage for every necessary and comfort, also an awning, &c. (3) Model of a 

 Life Boat for Coast Purposes; built in compartments, ten below and ten above the 

 water-line, with a cabin for the rescued ; screw propeller, and the means of altering the 

 course of vessels under "Lug sail" without dipping or lowering the sail. (4) Model of 

 Life Boat " Tender," and collapsible hauling apparatus, (5) Model of Collapsible Kleet, for 

 instantly liberating entangled ropes when made fast. (6) Model of Apparatus to effect 

 line communication from ship to ship or shore, by a combination of compressed air and spring 

 power. (7) Model of Non-concussive Apparatus and Automatic Brake for Railways ; a com- 

 bination of Hydrostatic and pneumatic power. 



400. BROMELL, WILLIAM, 8 Egerton Grove, Hulme, Manchester. 

 Bromell's Life Saving Apparatus : (1) Dress : The Trouser-Stockings, Life Belt or Buoy, 

 Inflated waistcoat and Cork Jackets are indispensable adjuncts, but nothing new. (2) 

 Helmet : As a protection to the head against the ocean the helmet is a novelty, or as a 

 portable diving apparatus it is new, made sufficiently capacious for the head to move about, 

 and with windows to look out, it rests well down upon the shoulders, and fastened to a strap 

 round the back and chest, or by a lengthened band on which the feet could rest. (3) 

 Kespirator : this affords ease to the swimmer to breathe freely ; a small nipple in the mouth 

 with flexible tube supported by a float. (4) Signal : the balloon signal invention presents a 

 new feature in life-saving appliances ; a balloon inflated with gas made in mid ocean, and held 

 captive at an elevation of a "few hundred feet above the person or a boat will and must enforce 

 attention. (5) Gas-bottle : as a portable instrument, in which gas may be generated, or com- 

 pressed gas may be carried sufficient to inflate a good sized balloon, its introduction leads to 

 its adoption in all sea-going craft, more particularly in life boats for inflating balloon signals 

 and cooking. The air-tight compartments may be utilized for the storage of compressed gas. 

 (6) Non-capsizable Life Boat : this boat is made in its entirety, and is also made in parts : 

 the upper portion or raft comprising the floor, sides, and ends ; the floor is a grating and 

 admits the water, the sides and ends form a series of air -tight compartments; the lower 



D'AOI AI\ E' PIANOS. HALF Piicfc. 



In consequence of a change of partnership, th 

 whole of this splendid itock, perfected with all tha 

 improYemenU of the day, viz., iteel frame, orer- 

 itrang trichord throughout check action, Ac., ia 

 now offered at half price by this long-standing firm 

 of 100 yean* reputation, and in order to effect a 

 speedy tale the eaiiest terms arranged, with 10 

 years' warranty. Trichord cottages, from hire, 10 

 to 13, ClMS 0, 14 ; Class 1, 17 ; Class 2, 20 ; 

 Clau 3, 28 ; Class 4, 26; Class 6, 30 ; Class 6, 35; 

 Olau 7, 4*. American Organs, best claw from Z6. 

 Carriage free and all risk taken to any station in 

 lujrland. T. D'ALMAITfE&CO..91. 

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