Life Boat, Burman, 1870 - 1885 life boat One-person lifeboat with rowing and sailing power, incomplete. The hull consists of basket filled with cork, braided around a zinc container with wooden edges and wooden bench. Under the sofa a box with inscription. The hull has a truncated pointed bow and a mirror with stirring with tellows on the stern. It is built on a wooden keel, to which a hinged vinkiel of iron and tarpaulin is attached; Before the keel has a notch, probably for a fall mechanism. On either side of the hull a sausage -shaped floats of stool -filled canvas. There are two rowin
Life Boat, Burman, 1870 - 1885 life boat One-person lifeboat with rowing and sailing power, incomplete. The hull consists of basket filled with cork, braided around a zinc container with wooden edges and wooden bench. Under the sofa a box with inscription. The hull has a truncated pointed bow and a mirror with stirring with tellows on the stern. It is built on a wooden keel, to which a hinged vinkiel of iron and tarpaulin is attached; Before the keel has a notch, probably for a fall mechanism. On either side of the hull a sausage -shaped floats of stool -filled canvas. There are two rowing germs that are hung on folding rowing pins. A mast track and mast sleeve in the cockpit indicate that the vessel originally also had a sailing. The woodwork is decorated with polychromed ornaments. Burman called this invention a "Fish Life Buoy". Flemington (Australia) wood (plant material). cork (bark). zinc. iron (metal). textile materials. leather. rope.
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