patent log

INSTRUMENTS - TAFFRAIL LOGS
Bliss & Company
after 1878
overall: 19 1/2 x 6 7/8 x 4 1/4 in.

Mechanical log (A) with 50" line attached and 3 dials (glass cracked), 2 brass rotors (B and C), in wood box painted white (D); instruction label for John Bliss & Co. log patented 9/17/78 pasted inside hinged lid. Belonged to Capt. Louis E. Rayner.

1985.106.2A-D