An Essay on the Preservation of Shipwrecked Persons

Excerpt from An Essay on the Preservation of Shipwrecked Persons: With a Descriptive Account of the Apparatus, and the Manner of Applying It Gratitude alone would impel me to address these pages to Mr. Curwen, who has so independently patronized my humble efforts, and but for whose countenance and protection, I should yet have been without the power of accomplishing my task, did not other considerations induce me to dedicate to that Gentleman a work, the object of which is to promote the cause of humanity; a cause so ably asserted, and indefatigably supported by his generous and laudable efforts. It is, in truth, only a tribute of justice to this worthy representative of the people to declare, that if any good results from my exertions, all is due to his determined perseverance in advocating my cause, which has obtained for me the only means by which the object so near my heart has eventually been perfected. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.