Item #:37754
Patent Certificates for, and Descriptions of, “Improved Sails for Ships and Other Navigable Vessels,” and “Improvements for Rigging and in the Spars.”
Ephemera.
Folio. Seven pages. manuscript description; two pages printed forms accomplished in manuscript; two pages of ink drawings on linen.
Price: $200
Patent Certificates for, and Descriptions of, “Improved Sails for Ships and Other Navigable Vessels,” and “Improvements for Rigging and in the Spars.”
Ephemera.
Folio. Seven pages. manuscript description; two pages printed forms accomplished in manuscript; two pages of ink drawings on linen.
Price: $200
The applicant for these patents, Barton Ricketson, had a brief career as a whaling captain. In 1856 he took the 545 ton whale ship “Canada” out of New Bedford for the North Pacific. However, off the coast of Brazil the vessel was lost due to what Starbuck describes as “the intemperance of Brazilian officials.” Perhaps deterred by this mishap, he swallowed the anchor and became a merchant and an inventor. In these documents he presents detailed descriptions of his improvements, accompanied by two folio sheets of drawings.
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