NS Patent: 16 - Fog bell or gong for giving notice of danger to vessels approaching rocks


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NS Patent: NS-16

Fog bell or gong for giving notice of danger to vessels approaching rocks

Patentee:

Thomas Robson (exact or similar names) - Sackville Parish, Westmorland County, NS Canada

USPTO Classifications:

Tool Categories:

transportation : nautical : nautical fog signals

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

William Henry Buckerfield

Elmer L. McCreight

Patent Dates:
Granted:	Jun. 22, 1852

Patent Pictures:

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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.

A "fog bell operated by a horizontal windmill that is powered by wind from any direction and has valves closed by violent gales to prevent unsafe action of the machinery (see patent No. 1 of New Brunswick for better drawing)."