1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class VIII.: Francis Burges
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123. BURGES, FRANCIS, 18 Salisbury Street, Strand — Proprietor.
Model of main and top masts, formed by splicing small pieces of wood; these may be made at sea should the masts of a ship be carried away, and no spar be on board; they are bound with iron hoops, shown by black stripes in the model. The object of this invention is to give increased strength and elasticity: the step and top being formed alike, should the step give out or decay, the mast may be reversed and so made good.
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