EEPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



List of imtents granted hy the Uniied States. <^c. — Coutinned. 

 PROJEC T ILES— Continued. 



Date of 

 patent. 



ISTumber. 



Inventor. 



Subject of invention. 



Apr. 21,1863 

 Oct. 27 1863 



38, 207 

 40, 387 

 46, 437 

 49, 548 

 54, 211 

 64, 045 



71, 763 



78. 675 

 90, 368 

 97, 693 

 126, 388 



M. Adams 



Oliver Allen 



Harpoon, with semi-rcA^olving head. 



Bomb-lance, witli perforated iire-proof diaphra 



Exploding-harpoon. 



Apparatus for killing whales. 



llocket-barpoon. 



Shooting-harpoon, grooved head, to receive 



pivoted barb. 

 Harpoon, with stops, springs, and catches. 

 Bomb-lance. 

 Bomb-lance. 

 Gun -harpoon. 

 Bomb-harpoons. 



<i"ni. 



Peb. 21,1865 







Aug. 22, 1865 

 Apr. 24, 1866 

 Apr. 23,1867 



Dec. 3, 1867 



Ebenezer Pierce 



Roys & Lieliendabl 



Eobert E. Smitb 



Z.Kelley 



the 



June 9,1868 

 June 1, 1869 



do" 



E. Pierce 





Dec. 7 1869 



J P Ilecbteus 





May 7, 1872 



Charles Ereenian 





7. XETS AND POUNDS. 



Mar 21 18.38 





Russell Evarts 



Seine for deep-water fishing. 



Seine for deep-water mackerel fishing. 



Seine. 



June 4, 1838 

 Sept. 19, 1838 

 Mar. 17 1843 







B.W.Hale 



Cyrus Tracey 



Harris Cook 



John Downs 



Carr, Shannon & Co 



Charles De Saxe 



Thomas Hall 





Gill-net 



Apr. 25, 1843 

 Sept. 14. 1844 

 Apr. 18,1854 

 Apr. 27.1858 

 June 29, 1858 

 Apr. 8, 1862 

 Apr. 25,1863 

 June 19, 1866 





Form for making nets for taking eels. 



Net or trap ; place for bait similar to eel-pot. 



Landing-net. 



10, 794 

 20, 125 

 20, 725 

 34, 887 

 39, 676 

 55, 635 

 56,917 

 59, 429 



62, 481 



72, 177 



76, 284 

 76, 387 



78, 716 

 80, 274 

 82, 490 



82, 913 



83, 493 

 83, 429 

 87, 740 

 99, 713 



113,292 

 113,572 

 113, 817 

 117,957 

 120, 974 

 124, 635 



Benjamin Merritt 



F. Goodwin 



Seine for sea-fishing. 



Net or trap. 



Net, to be anchored and used as trap. 



Net. 



W Randolph 



Bdw. A. Field 



Aug. 7, 1866 

 Nov. 6, 1866 



Eeb. 26,1867 



Dec. 17,1867 



Eerl & Larkiu 



Vertical deep-water fishing-net. 



Net, double, with rigid moutli ; can be anchored 



at any depth by floats and sinkers. 

 Net attached to side of boat so as to be lowered or 



William Maxwell 



C C. Grossman 



C. Drexel 



raised. 



Mar. 31 1868 



Daniel Will 



Gill-net. 



Apr. 7, 1868 



June 9, 1868 

 July 28,1868 

 Sept. 28, 1868 



Oct. 13, 1868 

 Oct 27 1868 



Thomas Bell 





B. Arnold 



hoist or lower. 



John Collins 



Brace-seine 



T. Cart\vri"lit 



Set-net, to be anchored ; the boat is attached about 



George D. Allen 



Smith Harper 



midway of the net, and a line is attached to small 

 end of 'bag, and can be raised into boat and the 

 fish taken out without disturbing the rest of the 

 net. 



Eel-pot. 



Net 



Oct. 27' 1868 



W. S. Wilcox 



Pound net or trap. 



Dip-net. 



Purse-net, with bait-box the net stretched on wires 



Mar. 9, 1869 

 Eeb. 8 1870 



E. A. Ward miller 



P. C. Sabin 



Apr. 4, 1871 

 Apr. 4.1871 

 Apr. 18, 1871 

 Aug. 15, 1871 

 Nov. 14, 1871 





similar to^umbrella, and, when ready to hoist, it is 



closed like a purse. 

 Fish-trap net. 

 Net-supporter. 



Beniamiu Rider 



P. PJ. Tierman 



L. H. Alexander 



R. JettVey 



Net. 

 Seine. 



Mar. 12,1872 



H.Smith 



Seine, arranged so that portion of mouth may be 

 below the surface. 







8. OYSTER CULTURE AND GATHERING. 



Mar. 2. 1858 

 Oct. 4, 1859 

 Oct. 11,1864 

 Oct 2 1''66 



19,510 

 25, 680 



44, 634 



58, 426 



59, 812 



75, 550 



76, <)97 

 105, 495 

 107, 740 



27, 213 

 35, 324 

 3H, 436 



45, 904 

 55, 228 



Thomas Rhechan 



Thomas P. Sink 



(xforgc Jury 



Oyster rake or tongs. 



It'eel or windlass, for hoisting oy 



Reel lor hoisting oyster tongs or 



Oyster-rake. 



Mode of hoisting oyster-dredge. 



Oyster-tongs. 



Oyster-rake. 



(Jrappliiig-tongs, (oyster.) 



Oyster-tcnigs. 



Oysf«r-dredge. 



Oyster (IrtMlge. 



Oy.sler-drediie. 



Oystei -dredge. 



Oyster-dretlge. 



stor-dredges. 

 dredges. 



Nov ^0 1866 



W B(^ll)in 





Mar. 17,1868 

 Ai)r 14 1868 



Jol) .Jolmson 



Asa Barrett 





July 19,1870 

 Se|)t. 27, 1870 

 Feb 21 1H60 



J. W. Sands 



E. Wai'd 



W. L. Force 





May 20,1862 

 May 5, 1863 

 Jail. 17, 1865 

 June 5, 1860 



J. H. Newcoinb 



.Iose])li WMiitecars 



W. Belbiu 



Charles T. Belbiu 





