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20. HOLTUM, WILLIAM, Walmer, Deal — Inventor.
Model of an apparatus for propelling a line to a vessel in distress at a short distance from the shore, intended to supersede the use of gunpowder; with a model of a wicker boat to travel on a hawser from the shore to the vessel.
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