A quadruplet of inventions / [Thomas Northmore].

  • Northmore, Thomas, 1766-1851
Date:
[1799]
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Credit: A quadruplet of inventions / [Thomas Northmore]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    An eafy and practical Contrivance for fo.i ' t ■ c 'n preventing Boats from finking. Of all inventions, thofe which have for their ohje£l the prefervation of the lives of men, are moil defervedly entitled, if not to the approbation, at leaf! to the attention of the publick. It is upon this ground that I fhall venture to lay before them a fcheme, which, befides that it has for its obje6l fo defirable a good, ap¬ pears to me to be eafy of execution, and unattended with any great expence. It is well known that a boat, wrhich has no ballad, will not fink, though it be filled with water. The ballad is the chief, or only caufe of its finking. If then..