Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class VIII.: John Gray

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160. GRAY, JOHN, Newhaven, Sussex — Ship-builder.

A mechanical model of a South Sea whaling fishery ship, on a scale of I inch to the foot, with all the lengths of timbers, plank, etc., properly shifted, butted, and fastened as required by Lloyd's rules to Class 12 A 1 in the registry; as also in every other part of the model as far as it is completed. There are in the frame 611 separate timbers, 19 lower and 22 upper deck beams, 1,844 treenails, 4,710 bolts.

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