Copy Specification of "A Certain new and useful mode of building or constructing either the Hulls or decks or both as the case may require of Ships Boats and various other Sailing or Floating Vessels made of Iron or other Suitable metal or Metals"
Object numberDM1306/11/19/2/1
TitleCopy Specification of "A Certain new and useful mode of building or constructing either the Hulls or decks or both as the case may require of Ships Boats and various other Sailing or Floating Vessels made of Iron or other Suitable metal or Metals"
Creator Edward Younge (author)
DescriptionPatent dated 2 April 1845, specification enrolled 2 October 1845, copy created by Edward Younge, Clerk of the enrollments in Chancery. The patent is issued to Otis Tufts of Boston, Massachusetts, USA and describes his system of a series of metal trusses that reinforce and support the hull of ships. The original patent was accompanied by a detailed set of drawings of the system so the patent describes how these original drawings demonstrate the system Tufts is patenting.
Production date 1865-10-15 - 1856-10-15
Object categorylegal document
Materialpaper
Techniquehand-written, drawn
Dimensions
- patent height: 340 mm
patent width: 110 mm
Credit lineBy Courtesy of the Brunel Institute – a collaboration of the ss Great Britain Trust and the University of Bristol