The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-04-01
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GisDOrne'S
Anti.Foulins and Anti-COTrOsivc Patent
Paint for Coating ships Bottoms.

Notwithstanding the numerous descriptions of
what termed - ant-lOuling' mixtures which
have been submitted To the Admiralty, no dis
coyery appears to have been heretofore made of Il
preparation for effectually preventing the accu-
mutation Of animal and vegetable matter over
the hulls Of iron vessels. Although the bottom
of the iron frigate Achilles 20. 2j0- horse power
Capt. L. W Nausittart, coated before
her launch, with the aHti-iOuing composition of
MIR. Hay, the Admiralty Chemist. fOUL had
the lotion 0f tte reSSeI become tciilIe iyiHg IN
Chatham harboT, preparing for sea. that IN the
run ro1tnd from Chatham To DeUoHport heJ speed
fell off mare than three knots per hoHr from her
steaming rate on the occasion of her official trial
ut the Maplin Sands. When dOcked ut Devon
port the bottom was not only foul, int many Of
the plates trere Iet completely hare Of composition,
and IChite c0TTOSjOH hat an many instances eaten
GtraV the plating 10 tbd deyth of from OaeSiT-
feeIlfh 10 a tenth Of inch The basis of most
of the antI-uulng compositions heretofore tested,
Is ndPhtha III variou, modified forms; but it has
been recently ascertaned by Mr.. GIsBoENE. tine
inventor Of the electric telegraph signals which
are being fixed on board various vessels of war,
that a preparation of mercury when applied TO
the iron plates of ships bottom Il much more
cthcaeiOus. His preparation not only etlectualy
prevents the least accumulation OF animal
vegetable matter, bUt ut the same TINS prevents
the iron from oxidation. The results Of the er-
Der5HieHfS 0ireqdV yHGde trIth the iureHti0T are
deeHlcd COHciJIVrc Of the rGile IF the discovery
that orders hare iatelH been receired at Chatham
directing that Nr. GfSBJRSE's preparation be
GpPi5sd 10 the bJffoH Of the ir0H-ciGd Tigafe
Valiant, 81, 500 horse p0,rer. 1900 tons, now
lying IN the Midway. Should the results at all
approach what are claimed for the invention
the Admiralty IrIH direcf ats JSe H all IRON ships
Hi tie nary Already Mr.. GIs-
B1ENE'S invention has been adopted by the mer-
camille marine, and itS efect, as shoirn on the
lotions Of tie iron resSeis 10 Irhich II has been
aI piled. IN tIs higtest degTee satisfactory. By
direction of Capt. W. r. Mends. G. b. the
GIsBoENE ANTI-FuULING PREPARATION IS 10 Jc
Iised on the bofoms Of The lrhole of the rcsssEs
bclJagiHg 10 tie transport SerriCc, Of which de
partment of the navy that officer Is the director.
The following certificate has just been received:
STEAMER - CAR 1LISE.'
London, 18th December, 1864. {
In continuation Of the certificate I signed on
the Goth May last. respecting the Anti-Fouling
Paint patented by F. y. GIsEoRNE. c. F., and
the property Of the Anti Corrosive and
Anti-Fouling Paint Company, hereby certify,
that since that date the steamer Caroline made
voyage TO the Adriatic. laying the telegraph
cable, returning the l4th OctOl er last. and
after diScharging her cargo, she was. on the 23d
of October. put on the banks at Greenwich.
The sections painted the 29H October. 1868,
(redriy fourteen months ago. acre StiH perfectly
free from grass and barHaceS, the remaining parts
OF the ship beiHg rery -f6oli; lrhirh results
unprecedented.
| consider the reSuIIs obtained OF such great
Importance to the navy and mercantile marine,
that most willingly allow you in conformity
with your request, to give any publicity you like
u this declaration in fact. | think it my duty
20 express the hope that you will do 50.
The steamer Caroline. of which | was first
officer the Goth May last. returned this voyage
nnder my command.
J. 7. SWAN.
Master :. 5 Caroline.
The Cunard steamship AEeppo, 1000 tons, and
the UtenhGge belonging to the Diamond Steam
Navigation Company, London, have been re-
Gently coated with the GIsBoKSE PAINT =
section Of the L. 5. iron gun-boat M,lscoofa
(since sailed for the Pacific has been coated with
the GIsgORNE PAINT, and orders have been re-
ceived from the Navy Department to coat the
entire hull of another iron gun-bOat with the
same.
Orders in the United States Canada, South
America, the Hawaiian Islands and Cuba should
be addressed 70
The GIsBORSE PAINT Co.,
No. ii Broad St, near Wall St,
New YORK, Jan 3, 1865 New York.