NS Patent: NS-21
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| A ship's windlass
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Patentee:
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| John Waddell Archibald (exact or similar names) - Saint Marys District, Guysborough County, NS Canada |
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| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
Sep. 28, 1854 |
| Granted: |
Oct. 13, 1854 |
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Jeff Joslin
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Description: |
| Nova Scotia (NS) patents were issued between 1834 and 1867, when they joined with Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick to form the Dominion of Canada.No patent drawing or model were provided. "...the neck of the windlass rests upon iron sheaves set in the Bitts and each shaft acting upon its own pin... a roller parallel to the windlass placed on the half deck with arms reversed with connecting rods leading therefrom to the purchase on the windlass barrel causing them to fleet and refleet will give the windlass its proper motion..." |
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