D. P. Tuck

Inventors have struggled to make canoes feel more stable for years and years. Sponsons, which are essentially buoyant pieces attached to the gunwales, were a common answer, including this attempt by D. P. Tuck from 1900.

From Canoes: A Natural History in North America by Mark Neuzil and Norman Sims

Creator(s)	Tuck, D. P.
Subjects	History Cultural Studies Literature Native American Studies Regional Studies
Date	1900
Related Section	Sidebar: Canoe Patents
Keywords	patents
Content Type	illustration
Language	English
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Rightsholder	U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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