Artist/Maker
John Bliss & Co.
Title
Mechanical log
DateCirca 1880
Object number00.220.52
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionA ten inch log with a metal casing with insert for the scale painted white. The three scales are 100 miles, 10 miles, and 1 mile. Printed on scale: JOHN BLISS & CO. TAFFRAIL LOG, PATENTED NOV 15, 1864; APR 2, 1867; JUNE 6, 1876; SEP 17, 1878On View
Not on view1725-1960
1745-1925
Eagle (Bark)
Negus
Anonymous
Dept. of Lands and Surveys

