1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class VIII.: Francis Taylor
197. TAYLOR, FRANCIS, 6 Laurie Street, Leith — Inventor and Maker.
Marine chair, that will support three persons in the water in case of accidents at sea; it is propelled by two short oars.
Deck seat, capable of supporting two persons in the water.
A portable chair or camp stool, on which two or three persons, each of them having an air-pillow attached to the breast, can propel themselves while in the water.
Model of a seat intended for steam-vessels, to a scale of three inches to a foot; a seat of this construction, eight feet long, will support upwards of twenty persons in the water, seven being placed in the middle compartment and the others holding on by the sides and ends.
The following models are made to a scale of one inch to a foot:—
Models of life-boats, which, if upset, will right themselves again, on carriages for conveyance, and for launching when brought to the sea.
Model of a substitute for a life-boat, seated for sixteen persons, which may be constructed by four or five men in a few hours, if materials be at hand, viz., two logs of light wood, or the yard of a ship cut across the middle, or a few planks of fir, and also timber for seats, etc., two large casks to be fastened at the extreme ends on the upper side. This, if upset, will also right itself again; if thick boards can be got, long prismatic boxes may be made for the sides, which are much lighter than the solid sides.
Model of a life-boat, for eleven persons, the framed part considered to be a ship's fender of great length, and carried always with the ship, the tins on the extreme ends representing two water casks emptied and bunged up.
Model of a ship's fender; while used as such, having the gunwale-pieces and foot-board placed temporary on the outside of the frame.
Model of a substitute for a life-boat, supposed to be made of two-halves of the yard of a large ship, and with other pieces of light wood, as fir.
Model of a ship's seat, to carry two persons, and having the oars fixed ready for using.