1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class VIII.: Archibald Trail
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191. TRAIL, ARCHIBALD, 8 Upper East Smithfield — Inventor and Patentee.
Patent storm sails: the novelty consists in the application of narrow corded bands of one inch in breadth, with cords wove therein, being sewn in reversed angular directions, on the fore and after part of the sail, the ends of which are spliced into the bolt rope. By this means the destructive effects of the wind are confined within the limit of the diamond (being about 46 inches), and the sail wears much longer, by equalizing the strain over all its parts.
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