[DOC] [TLE] Lewis Temple's Real Innovation | New Bedford Whaling Museum [PAR] Closeup view of the head of a real Temple toggle iron made by Lewis Temple. ... 
The New Bedford blacksmith Lewis Temple (1800-1854), however, invented a ... 
Franklin of Westport, Mass, 1856-1859, showing the four harpoon types used... [DOC] [TLE] Lewis Temple - Wikipedia [PAR] A statue of Lewis Temple in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Lewis Temple (22 
October 1800  18 May 1854) was an American blacksmith, abolitionist, and ... 
He is best remembered for the invention of "Temple's Toggle" or "Temple's Iron" 
which... [DOC] [TLE] Lewis Temple, inventor for the whaling industry | African American ... [PAR] He was the creator of a whaling harpoon, known as "Temple's Toggle" and "
Temple's Iron" that ... Lewis Temple was a skilled blacksmith, not a whaler. He 
was born a slave in Richmond, VA, and went to New Bedford, MA, in 1829. ... In 
1848, Lewis Temple invented a new type of harpoon, with a movable head that 
prevented... [DOC] [TLE] Toggle Iron - Whalecraft [PAR] The grommet iron was the first form of iron toggle head whaling harpoon. ... In 
1848 Lewis Temple, an African American blacksmith in New Bedford, made ... 
One of the earliest variations to the toggle head was invented, but never ... The 
Doyle iron, patented by George Doyle of Provincetown, MA (U.S. Patent #21,949, 
Nov. [DOC] [TLE] Whaling Harpoon | eBay [PAR] Lewis Temple invented this harpoon tip which is named after him (Temple Toggle
). A skilled blacksmith from New Bedford, MA, Temple a former slave, in 1848 
created a ... Antique Whaling Harpoon Forged Iron Toggle Head maritime 
nautical ... ANTIQUE 19thC FORGED IRON WHALING DARTING GUN 
HARPOON Old... [DOC] [TLE] Harpoon | eBay [PAR] Fishing Harpoon Spear Gun Fish Leisure Strong Safety Scuba Diving Snokeling 
Sea ... Lewis Temple invented this harpoon tip which is named after him (Temple 
Toggle). A skilled blacksmith from New Bedford, MA, Temple a former slave, in 
1848 ... Antique Whaling Harpoon Forged Iron Toggle Head maritime nautical. [DOC] [TLE] Toggling harpoon [PAR] The toggling harpoon is an ancient weapon and tool used in whaling to impale a 
... Toggling harpoon technology developed with the Thule tradition (c. ... The 
grommet iron, a form of toggle harpoon with an iron head, was used in some ... In 
1848 Lewis Temple, a blacksmith in New Bedford, Massachusetts adapted the... [DOC] [TLE] whaling - Heritage Museums & Gardens [PAR] returned to the ships' homeports -- places such as New Bedford and Nantucket -- 
and remained there after .... a spear-like weapon that was used in hunting whales
. ... Loaned by The Kendall Institute, New Bedford, Massachusetts ... TOGGLE 
TYPE HARPOON ... Lewis Temple, an African-American blacksmith invented. [DOC] [TLE] On the Water - Fishing for a Living, 1840-1920: Commercial Fishers ... [PAR] In the 1878 city directory for New Bedford, Massachusetts, the only Baker was .... 
Blacksmith and Inventor Lewis Temple (about 18001854) .... Designed to be 
fired from a shoulder gun, this nonexplosive style of harpoon was invented by .... 
whale stamps were used to record types of whales and the number of barrels of 
oil... [DOC] [TLE] 4. Scrimshaw & Whaling - West Sea Company : Nautical Antiques [PAR] This rarely found form of scrimshaw features a long, thin blade carved out of ..... 
New Bedford, Massachusetts, describes the innovative Pierce whaling gun ... 
Once in the whale, the head would toggle and the small wooden pin would snap. 
... the invention of this harpoon to Lewis Temple, a New Bedford blacksmith, in 
1848. [DOC] [TLE] Blacksmithing photos on Flickr | Flickr [PAR] Oct 25, 2014 ... Some brief history of New Bedford, the Whaling City: ... Another escaped slave, 
Lewis Temple, opened a blacksmithing shop, ... In 1848, Temple invented the 
toggle-head harpoon, which revolutionized the whaling industry." .... Homer's 
Wharf) in

Question: The New Bedford, Mass. blacksmith Lewis Temple developed the toggle type of this weapon
Answer: Harpoon