Regarding machine for driving bolts through deadwood and keel of frigate
Document 1796Discusses ship construction, and draught of a bolt-driving machine made use of byJoshua Humphreys for driving bolts through the deadwood and keel of the frigate. Machine will drive bolts of different diameters with great facility and certainty. Copy to be sent to each naval constructor.
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Letterbook
Description
Discusses ship construction, and draught of a bolt-driving machine made use of byJoshua Humphreys for driving bolts through the deadwood and keel of the frigate. Machine will drive bolts of different diameters with great facility and certainty. Copy to be sent to each naval constructor.
Date
05/05/1796
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1796050515055
Page start
164
Notable persons
George Claghorne
Claghorn
naval constructor
War Department
Secretary of War
Navy
James McHenry
Joshua Humphreys
Notable locations
Boston
War Office
Philadelphia
War Department
Notable items
frigate
bolt driving machine
draught
bolt
keel
deadwood
USS Constitution