1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class VIII.: James Hastings
114. HASTINGS, JAMES, 24 Miter Street, City — Proprietor.
Model of a windlass, employed for raising and lowering ships' anchors, etc., fitted with Johnstone's patent double-action lever purchase, also fitted with Gryll's patent whelps, which adjust the cable as it comes in, causing the turns to shift laterally; thus the leading turn is always in a line with the hawse-pipe, and the necessity of using a forebit stopper, and of fleeting over the cable, E is obviated. The whelps being flat upon the face, and the links of the cable dropping into the cavities between, E and abutting against the edge of the whelps, the cable is I found to hold on, and is not liable to run out, except to the extent of a few links under a very heavy strain. The dangerous and troublesome operation of hooking up the cable, and fleeting it over upon the windlass, being got rid of, much time and labour is saved.
Model of a ship's capstan, for raising anchors, etc., fitted with Johnstone's patent rim or cable-holder, which affords the advantage of being adapted for working chain-cables of various sizes; also fitted with Gryll's patent non-surging whelps.