Life in old Virginia; a description of Virginia more particularly the Tidewater section, Narrating many incidents relating to the manners and customs of old Virginia so fast disappearing as a result of the war between the states, together with many humorous . ed to him that asimilar structure of iron, on a revolving base could bring allits guns to bear on any part of the channel. He filed a caveatfor his invention in the Patent Office, on June 18, 1843. Thesame year he exhibited a model before President Tyler,—aTidewater Virginian—, and his cabinet. Mr. JeffersonDavis, then Secretary
Life in old Virginia; a description of Virginia more particularly the Tidewater section, Narrating many incidents relating to the manners and customs of old Virginia so fast disappearing as a result of the war between the states, together with many humorous . ed to him that asimilar structure of iron, on a revolving base could bring allits guns to bear on any part of the channel. He filed a caveatfor his invention in the Patent Office, on June 18, 1843. Thesame year he exhibited a model before President Tyler,—aTidewater Virginian—, and his cabinet. Mr. JeffersonDavis, then Secretary of War, and later President of theSouthern Confederacy, was one of the gentlemen who com-mended the invention, which later checked the career of the Merrimac. Young Timby went to France with his modeland exhibited it to Napoleon III, but nothing more came ofthe invention until Ericsson applied it in the Monitor. A brief sketch relative to the history of the two men, whoplanned and built these two iron clad vessels, the first of theirclass ever to engage in battle, may interest the reader. The inventor of the Merrimac, later known as M. Brooke, was also the inventor of deep sea soundingapparatus, which has enabled scientists to ascertain the nature. MISCELLANEOUS 335 of the oceans bed. It was through his consrruction of theVirginia, or Merrimac, that the principle of submerged andextended ends was applied to warships which are used at thisdate by battleships. He was a son of Gen. Geo. M. Brooke, of Virginia, a dis-tinguished officer in the U. S. Army during the War of was married twice. His first wife was Miss Lizzie Gar-nett, sister of Gen. Bichard Brooke Garnett, who was killedin Picketts charge at Gettysburg. His second wife was MissCorbin, of Tidewater Virginia. He was born near Tampa,[Florida, Dec. 18, 1826, and died at his home in Lexington,Virginia, Dee. 14, 1906, while holding the position of emeri-tus professor of physics at Virginia Military Insti
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