,,^ Abraham Lmcoli,obstacles was this. The appar-atus looked like a bellows orexpansible buoy. To be cfTcc-tue. Lincolns snag-removerhad to be used in paiis—oneon each side of the hull, justbelow the watei line. A iiniplesystem of valves and pulleysoperated the bellows. When the vessels keelgrated… … Mode/ •whiiWzd b/ Abraham Lincoln stands in du%t in Patent Office. While (he system of ropesand pulleys was somewliatunusual, there was nothingKube ■ GoldlHigesque aboutLincolns invention. No elab-orations or omitnients det o-rate the finished inndel. Tlieboat is carved. stri»ngl>. hutsimply,…
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