Harpoons and Other WhalecraftDetailed descriptions and illustrations of harpoons and other implements of the American whale fishery based principally on the collection at the Whaling Museum of the Old Dartmouth Historical Society. Also includes all whaling implements for which U.S. patents were granted during the nineteenth century. |
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Handdarted Harpoons | 14 |
Darting Guns Dartinggun Harpoons and Bombs | 60 |
Swivel Guns Swivelgun Harpoons and Bombs | 77 |
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attached Bedford blacksmith blubber bomb lance bore Brand breech piece breechblock Brown butt end cartridge cast iron CAST STEEL stamped Congreve rocket Cunningham darting gun darting-gun diameter at butt discharge Driggs edge explosive fastened firing mechanism flue forge welded forward end fuse grommet gun barrel gun harpoon hammer hand-darted harpoon shank hole ignited inch invention iron strap length including pole length of barrel loaded loop Maker's mark mounted on short muzzle Oliver Allen patent specifications penetration percussion cap pivot barbs pivot pin rear shank ring Robert Brown rocket harpoon rope screwed secured shaft shank diameter shear pin short pole shoulder gun shoulder-gun harpoon sliding collar slot socket stamped on blade stamped on boss stamped on head stop withers swivel barbs swivel gun toggle iron trigger try-pots tryworks two-flued head U.S. Patent vessel's identification Whale Fishery whale line whaleboat Whalemen's Shipping List whaleship whaling guns Wharf width of blade