Patent GB-1896-9142
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Describes several uses of magnetic compass needles aboard an airship:
- cybernetic steering (as in Patent GB-1895-25050),
- mechanism for adjusting the course automatically at a certain point, and
- system for releasing a bomb when the airship finds itself above any large magnetic force,
as well as a timer mechanism for releasing the bomb.
Inventor location: Racine, Wisconsin
Sources
- Aeronautical Journal, Vol. 1, No. 4, October 1897, pp. 23–24.
- espacenet
| Year filed | 1896 |
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| Year granted | 1897 |
| Office | GB |
| Patent number | 9142 |
| Inventors | Edward Joel Pennington |
| Inventor country | GB |
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| Applicant type | INDIV |
| Applicant is inventor? | 1 |
| Original title | Improvements in and relating to Aeronautical Ships |
| English title | Aeronautical Ships |
| Tech fields | LTA, navigation, compass, magnet, instrument, military, bomb, cybernetics |
| Filing date | 1896-04-30 |
| Full specification filed date | 1897-02-27 |
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| Grant date | 1897-03-27 |
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| Related to aircraft? | 1 |
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| Patent agent | Haseltine, Lake & Co. |
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| Number of text pages | 4 |
| Number of diagram pages | 2 |
| Number of figures | 5 |
| Number of claims | 3 |
