Celadon Leeds Daboll Explained

Celadon Leeds Daboll (July 18, 1818  - October 13, 1866), was a merchant in New London, Connecticut, where he was born and died. From 1854 to 1861 he was employed in the U.S. Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C.^[1]

He conceived the idea of applying the principle of the clarinet to a large trumpet, to serve as a fog signal for mariners, known as the Daboll trumpet.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Daboll, Nathan . Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography . D. Appleton and Company . 5 September 2014 . Wilson, James Grant . Fiske, John . 1888 . 2 . New York . 52 .
2. Book: Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography . American Publishers' Association . Herringshaw, Thomas William . 1909 . Chicago . 189 . II.