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Screw ring-bolts. 



Made of galvanized wrought iron. Series of eight sizes, from \ 

 inch to | inch. Used for various purposes about boats and 

 vessels. Middletown, Conn. 25,202. Wilcox, Crittenden & Co. 



Screw eye-bolts. 



Made of galvanized wrought iron. Series of ten sizes, from -^ inch 

 to 1 inch. Used for various purposes about a vessel. Middle- 

 town, Conn. 25,201. Wilcox, Crittenden & Co. 



Screw eye-bolts, or boom foot-stops. 



One series made of brass and one of galvanized iron. They screw 

 into the boom, and the foot of the sail is laced to them. Used 

 largely by Baltimore oystermen. Middletown, Conn. 25,604. 

 Wilcox, Crittenden & Co. 



Screw eye-bolts. 



Made of galvanized iron. Split-eye variety. Series of four sizes. 

 Middletown, Conn. 54,749. Wilcox, Crittenden & Co. 



Toggle-point pump-bolt. 



Used extensively on Gloucester-vessels. Middletown, Conn. 29,470. 

 Wilcox, Crittenden & Co. 



Pump standard. 



Composed of pump-brake, standard, plate, socket, nut, and washer 

 combined. Middletown, Conn. 54,739. Wilcox, Crittenden 

 & Co. Used on Gloucester fishing schooners. 



Small pump standard. 



Middletown, Conn. 54,740. Wilcox, Crittenden & Co. 



aboriginal implements. 

 Wedges. 



Three wedges used in canoe building for splitting logs. Lengths, 

 16, 14, and 11 inches. Makah Indians, Cape Flattery, Wash- 

 ington Territory, 1883. 72,679. James G. Swan. The log is 

 first marked across the end with a sharp instrument. The 

 small wedges are inserted and driven in carefully with a stone 

 hammer. As soon as the slab begins to split, longer wedges 

 are inserted on each side and carefully driven in. In this 

 manner cedar boards 5 feet wide and 20 feet long are made. 



Wedge. 



A wedge used in the manufacture of canoes. Length, 33 inches. 

 Makah Indians, Neah Bay, Washington Territory, 1883. 72,678. 

 James G. Swan. The top slab and one or two boards are first 

 split from the log, and the remaining portion of the log is hewn 

 into the shape of the canoe with the ax and adze. 



