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The origins of Battleship Grey - Kennish? |
William Kennish, Manxman, (d. c1862) is commonly credited here on the Isle of Man with the invention of Grey paint for warships, although from 1860-1895 the Black Fleet obviously did not utilise this colour. I would be most interested to know if anyone can shed light on when Kennish actually made this proposal, who it was actually made to and why it took almost 50 years for it to be adopted.
I am research Manx Inventors and would appreciate any further information on inventions/inventors known to be from the Isle of Man - including Kennish's contribution to the development of the Propellor, the development of the artificial horizon navigation aid using bowls of mercury and the development of the theodolite for gun aiming.
Many thanks, |
| Posted: Tue Apr 8, 2008 9:41 am |
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Re: The origins of Battleship Grey - Kennish? |
Granted, this is family legend, but as a child I learned that my grandfather, Samuel Woodworth Bradley, invented Battleship Grey paint as a seaman during the Spanish-American War by mixing soot from the smokestacks of the ship he was assigned to with white paint. (He subsequently went on to painting billboards!)
A Yankee whose ancestors, three brothers with the British Navy, jumped ship near Scituate, Massachusetts, some time in the 17th Century, my grandfather died in the early 1950's. |
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