CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR UTILIZING THE POWER OF THE WAVES FOR THE PROPULSION OF VESSELS, & FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henri Adrien Bonneville at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 5th September 1874.-A communication from Patrick Sarsfield
Devlan, residing at New York City, County and State of New York,
United States of America, Merchant.
I, HENRI ADRIEN BONNEVILLE, of the British & Foreign Patent
Offices, 18, Rue de la Chaussée d'Antin, Paris, France, & 6, Piccadilly,
in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR
UTILIZING THE POWER OF THE WAVES FOR THE PROPULSION OF VESSELS, & FOR
OTHER PURPOSES," communicated to me by Patrick Sarsfield Devlan, a
person resident at New York City, County & State of New York,
United States of America, Merchant, to be as follows:-
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This Invention consists in combining with a sea-going vessel a series
of floats, which are properly distributed over the vessel & which
connect with the plungers of air pumps intended to compress the air
in a suitable receiver situated in the interior of the vessel in such a
manner that by the action of the waves, as the same strike the sides of
the vessel, combined with the rolling & pitching motions of the

page_text: vessel itself, one or more of said floats are raised while others are
permitted to sink down, & by these motions of the floats the air
pumps are kept in motion, & a constant supply of compressed air is
forced into the receiver, & the air thus accumulated can be used either
for the purpose of driving an air engine or as an auxiliary in driving a
steam engine which may be used for propelling the vessel or for
other purposes.

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henri Adrien Bonneville at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 5th September 1874.-A communication from Patrick Sarsfield
Devlan, residing at New York City, County and State of New York,
United States of America, Merchant.
I, HENRI ADRIEN BONNEVILLE, of the British & Foreign Patent
Offices, 18, Rue de la Chaussée d'Antin, Paris, France, & 6, Piccadilly,
in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR
UTILIZING THE POWER OF THE WAVES FOR THE PROPULSION OF VESSELS, & FOR
OTHER PURPOSES," communicated to me by Patrick Sarsfield Devlan, a
person resident at New York City, County & State of New York,
United States of America, Merchant, to be as follows:
-
This Invention consists in combining with a sea-going vessel a series
of floats, which are properly distributed over the vessel & which
connect with the plungers of air pumps intended to compress the air
in a suitable receiver situated in the interior of the vessel in such a
manner that by the action of the waves, as the same strike the sides of
the vessel, combined with the rolling & pitching motions of the

page_text: vessel itself, one or more of said floats are raised while others' are
permitted to sink down, & by these motions of the floats the air
pumps are kept in motion, & a constant supply of compressed air is
forced into the receiver, & the air thus accumulated can be used either
for the purpose of driving an air engine or as an auxiliary in driving a
steam engine which may be used for propelling the vessel or for
other purposes.