Bliss patent log. "Taffrail log" brass rotator with 4 vanes in 9 1/2" long

Made:
1880-1911 in New York state
patentee:
Bliss, John

Bliss patent log. "Taffrail log" brass rotator with 4 vanes in 9 1/2" long, one vane engraved "John Bliss and Co." and dates of patent (78,84,85,USA, 85 English). Recording portion for securing to taffrail of ships, brass hook and pin and metal key for bending slitted portion of two vanes

Details

Category:
Navigation
Object Number:
1911-222
type:
log (record)
credit:
Admiralty Hydrographic Department

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