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Whale Hoist Patent Model
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After some species of whales were killed, their carcasses sank. Other species, like the right whale, floated. A whale that sank represented a major loss to the whaleship crews, who had risked their lives to capture the creatures.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineWhale Hoist Patent Model. 1862. Roys, Thomas W.. National Museum of American History. CC0.
