1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class VIII.: Hugh Bell
14. BELL, HUGH, Baltic Wharf, Millbank — Inventor and Manufacturer.
Model of a "water grapnel," or "deep sea anchor."
Model of a "submarine boat," to pass closed under water, scale one inch to the foot.
Model; on the same scale, of a "locomotive diving bell," which may be used as a common diving bell, with the apparatus usually attached for forcing in air.
Life boat, for the beach, on the scale of one inch to the foot.
157 BELL, HUGH, Baltic Wharf, Millbank — Inventor and Manufacturer.
Life-boat, for the beach, on the scale of 1 inch to the foot. One end of the boat. The lines representing the manner in which the two layers of planks should cross each other, and the keel and keelson in single planks from gunwale to gunwale. It is intended that there should be a waterproof elastic material between the layers of planks, to prevent escapage, and to diminish the effect of concussion.
Gutta-percha canister fitted into the boat. Copper canister, which may fit the same end of the boat. Scoop to bale out the water after the plugholes are stopped. Cradle for transmitting every kind of boat from place to place on land. A set of boats in the position of a ship's long boat, intended for emigrant passenger, troop ships, and men-of-war.