Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Preservation of Life at Sea: A Paper Read Before the American Geographical Society, February 27th, 1879
I shall divide my subject under the headings of: personal efforts; aids to personal efforts; aids to combined efforts; preservation of ships; and the life-saving services.
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