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291. RIGMAIDEN, JAMES, Lieut. R.N., 6 Harley Place — Inventor and Manufacturer.
Model of lanyard-plates, to set up standing rigging of ships, in lieu of rope lanyards and dead-eyes; the small space occupied by the plates allowing quarter-deck and forecastle guns to be trained to any angle, and not liable to fire, as with rope lanyards.
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