278 EEPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



List of patents granted by the United States, ^-c. — Continued. 

 PROJECTILES— Continued. 



Bate of 

 patent. 



Apr. 21,1863 

 Oct. 27,1863 

 Feb. 21,1865 

 Aug'. 22, 1865 

 Apr. 24, 1866 

 Apr. 23,1867 



Dec. 

 June 

 Ju ne 

 Dec. 

 May 



3. 1867 



9. 1868 

 1,1869 



7. 1869 

 7, 1872 



Number. 



38, 207 

 40, 387 

 46,437 

 49, 548 

 54, 211 

 64, 045 



71, 763 



78. 675 

 90, 868 

 97, 693 

 126, 388 



-Inventor. 



M. Adams 



Oliver Allen 



Silas Barker ....... 



Ebenezer Pierce . . . 

 Roys & Lieliendahl 

 Robert E. Smith. ... 



Z.Kelley 



do 



E. Pierce 



J. P. Reelitens 



Charles Freeman . 



Subject of invention. 



Harpoon, with semi-revolving head. 



Bomb-lauce, with perforated lire-proof diaphragm. 



Explodin g-harpoon . 



Apparatus for killing whales. 



Rocket-harpoon. 



Shooting-harpoon, grooved head, to receive the 



pivoted barb. 

 Harpoon, with stops, springs, and catches. 

 Bomb-lance. 

 Bomb-lance. 

 Gun-harpoon. 

 Bomb-harpoons. 



7. NETS AND POUNDS. 



Mar. 21,1838 





Seine for deep-water fishing. 



Seine for deep-water mackerel fishing. 



June 4, 1838 



P.. W. Halo 



Sept, 19, 1838 

 Mar. 17, 1843 









Harris Cook 



John Downs 



Carr, Shannon & Co 



Charles De Saxe 



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 







" "lO,^' 



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 



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

 Landing-net. 



Benjamin Merritt 



Seine for sea-fishing. 



Net or trap. 



Net, to be anchored and used as trap. 



Net. V 



W. Randolph 



Bdw. A. Field 



Aug. 7, 1866 





Vertical deep-water fishing-net. 

 Net, double, with rigid mouth ; can he anchored 

 at any depth by floats and sinkers. 



K ov. 6, 1866 

 Eeb. 26,1867 



William Maxwell 



Dec. 17,1867 



C.Drexel 



raised. 

 Securing- and feeding crabs. 

 Gill-net. 



Mar. 31, 1868 



Daniel Will : 



Apr. 7, 1868 

 June 9, 1868 



Thomas Bell 



B. Arnold 



Net-attachment for boats, with gauge to mast, to 

 hoist or lower. 



Julv 28, 1868 







Sept, 28, 1868 



Oct. 13, 1868 

 Oct. 27, 1868 



T. Cartwright 



George. D. Allen 



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

 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 



Pouud net or trap. 

 Dip-net. 



Mar. 9, 1869 

 Eeb. 8, 1870 



E. A. Wardmiller 



P. C. Sabin 



Apr. 4, 1871 

 Apr. 4. 1871 

 Apr. 18,1871 

 Aug. 15, 1S71 

 Nov. 14,1871 





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



closed like a purse. 

 Eish-trap net. - 

 Net-supporter. 







L. H. Alexander 



Net, 



Mar. 12, 1872 



H. Smith 



Seine, arranged so that portion of mouth may be 

 below the surface. 







8. OYSTER CULTURE AND GATHERING. 



Mar. 2, 



Oct. 4, 



Oct. 11, 



Oct. 2, 



Nov. 20, 



Mar. 17, 



Apr. 14, 



July 19, 



Sept, 27, 



Eeb. 21, 



May 20, 



May 5, 



Jan. 17, 

 June 5, 



1 858 

 1859 

 1804 

 I860 

 I860 

 1868 

 1868 

 1870 

 1870 

 1860 

 1862 

 1803 

 1865 

 1866 I 



19, 516 

 25, 680 



44, 634 



58, 426 



59, 812 



75, 550 



76, 697 

 105, 495 

 107, 740 



27, 213 

 35, 324 

 38, 430 



45, 904 

 55, 223 



Thomas Sheehan. . 

 Thomas P. Sink... 



George Jury 



Job Johnson 



W. Belbin 



Job Johnson 



Asa Barrett 



J. W. Sands 



E. Ward 



W r . L. Force 



J. H. Newcomb 



Joseph Whitecars 



W. Belbin 



Charles T. Belbin . 



Oyster rake or tongs. 



Reel or windlass, for hoisting oyster-dredges. 



Reel for hoisting oyster tongs or dredges. 



Oyster-rake. 



Mode of hoisting oyster-dredge. 



Oyster-tongs. 



Oyster-rake, 



Grapplihg-tongs, (oyster.) 



Oyster-tongs. 



Oyster-dredge. 



Oyster-dredge. 



Oyster-dredge. 



Oyster-dredge. 



Oyster-dredge. 



