Berthon boat

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• Berthon Boat — Berthon boats have double linings of canvas, sectioned in two watertight envelopes that assist buoyancy and give protection from the possibility that the outer canvas could be accidentally torn.Increased popularityThe safer design of Berthon… …   Wikipedia

• Berthon-boat — /bûrˈthon bōt/ noun A type of collapsible boat ORIGIN: Edward L Berthon (1813–99), its inventor …   Useful english dictionary

• berthon boat — ˈbərˌthän noun Usage: often capitalized 1st B Etymology: after Edward L. Berthon died 1899 English ecclesiastic and physician, its inventor : a collapsible lifeboat often carried on small ships …   Useful english dictionary

• Edward Lyon Berthon — (February 20, 1813 October 27, 1899), English inventor, was born in London, the son of an army contractor and descendant of an old Huguenot family.He studied for the medical profession in Liverpool and at Dublin, but after his marriage in 1834 he …   Wikipedia

• Ber|thon boat — «BUR thon», a kind of collapsible boat. ╂[< Edward Berthon, 1813 1899, an English clergyman, who invented it] …   Useful english dictionary

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