See also:

• EDWARD

EDWARD See also:

• LYON, MARY MASON (1797-1849)
• LYON, NATHANIEL (1818-1861)

LYON See also:

• EDWARD LYON BERTHON (1813-1899)

BERTHON (1813-1899)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English inventor, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London, on the 20th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1813, the son of an See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army contractor and descendant of an old Huguenot See also:

• FAMILY

family . He studied for the medical profession in See also:

• LIVERPOOL
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS OF

Liverpool and a.t See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin, but after his See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage in 1834 he gave up his intention of becoming a See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor, and travelled for about six years on the See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent . Keenly interested from boyhood in See also:

• MECHANICAL

mechanical See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science, the made experiments in the application of the See also:

• SCREW (O.E. scrue, from O. Fr. escroue, mod. ecrou; ultimate origin uncertain; the word, or a similar one, appears in Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Schraube, Dan. skrue, but Skeat, following Diaz, finds the origin in Lat. scrobs, a ditch, hole, particularl

screw propeller for boats . But his See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model, with a two-bladed propeller, was only ridiculed when it was placed before the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• ADMIRALTY, HIGH COURT OF

admiralty . See also:

• BERTHON, EDWARD LYON (1813-1899)

Berthon therefore did not See also:

• COMPLETE

complete the patent and the See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea was See also:

• LEFT

left for See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis See also:

• SMITH
• SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
• SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
• SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
• SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
• SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
• SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
• SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
• SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
• SMITH, G
• SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
• SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
• SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
• SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
• SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
• SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
• SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
• SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
• SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
• SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
• SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
• SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
• SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
• SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
• SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
• SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
• SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
• SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
• SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
• SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
• SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)

Smith to bring out more successfully in 1838 . In 1841 he entered Magdalene See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to study for the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church . There he produced what is usually known as " Berthon's See also:

• LOG (a word of uncertain etymological origin,possibly onomatopoeic; the New English Dictionary rejects the derivation from Norwegian lag, a fallen tree)

log," in which the suction produced by the See also:

• WATER

water streaming past the end of a See also:

• PIPE

pipe projected below a See also:

• SHIP

ship is registered on a See also:

• MERCURY
• MERCURY (MERCU1uus)
• MERCURY (symbol Hg, atomic weight = 2oo)

mercury See also:

• COLUMN (Lat. columna)

column above . In 1845 he was ordained, and after holding a curacy at See also:

• LYMINGTON

Lymington was given a living at See also:

• FAREHAM

Fareham . Here he was able to carry on experiments with his log, which was tested on the See also:

• SOUTHAMPTON
• SOUTHAMPTON, EARL OF
• SOUTHAMPTON, HENRY WRIOTHESLEY, 3RD EARL OF (1J73—1624)

Southampton to See also:

• JERSEY
• JERSEY, EARLS OF

Jersey steamboats; but the British admiralty gave him no encouragement, and it remained uncompleted . He next designed some See also:

• INSTRUMENTS

instruments to indicate the See also:

• TRIM

trim and See also:

• ROLLING

rolling of boats at See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea; but the idea for which he is chiefly remembered was that of the "Berthon Folding See also:

• BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

Boat " in 1849 . This invention was again adversely reported on by the admiralty . Berthon resigned his living at Fareham, and subsequently accepted the living of See also:

• ROMSEY

Romsey .

In 1873, encouraged by See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel See also:

• PLIMSOLL, SAMUEL (1824-1898)

Plimsoll, he again applied himself to perfecting his collapsible boat . Success was at last achieved, and in less than a See also:

• YEAR

year he had received orders from the admiralty for boats to the amount of £15,000 . Some were taken by See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• NARES, SIR GEORGE STRONG (1831– )

Nares to the See also:

• ARCTIC (Gr. "ApKroc, the Bear, the northern constellation of Ursa Major)

Arctic, others were sent to See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• GORDON
• GORDON, ADAM LINDSAY (1833—1870)
• GORDON, ALEXANDER (c. 1692—c. 1754)
• GORDON, CHARLES GEORGE (1833-'885)
• GORDON, LEON
• GORDON, LORD GEORGE (1751-1793)
• GORDON, PATRICK (1635–1699)
• GORDON, SIR JOHN WATSON (1788—1864)

Gordon at See also:

• KHARTUM

Khartum, and others again were taken to the See also:

• ZAMBEZI

Zambezi by F . C . See also:

• SELOUS, FREDERICK COURTNEY (1851- )

Selous . Berthon died on the 27th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1899 .