An address to the President ... and members, of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce : occasioned by the conduct of a committee of the Society. Together with a vindication of the author from an imputation ... that he had pirated his system of rescue from shipwreck on a lee-shore, from a previous plan of Lieut. Bell / [George William Manby].

  • Manby, George William, 1765-1854
Date:
1816
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An address to the President ... and members, of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce : occasioned by the conduct of a committee of the Society. Together with a vindication of the author from an imputation ... that he had pirated his system of rescue from shipwreck on a lee-shore, from a previous plan of Lieut. Bell / [George William Manby]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tions will prevent a recurrence of the melancholy accidents which so frequently happen. Hoping this will find you better, I am. Dear Sir, To Capt. Manby, Yours very truly, 5, Lyon’s Inn, Strand. P. F. ROBINSON/* In my thanks to Mr. Robinson for this welcome communication, I intimated, that it would be desirable to procure certificates of the bene* fits which had been produced by the apparatus, and I received from him the following note and certificates. “ Dear Sir, I enclose certificates, descriptive of sixteen cases, Your apparatus answers admirably, and, I am convinced, will prove by far the best life-preserver upon ice, which has been yet invented, on account of its simplicity. The men, who use it, are sensible of its value, and feel perfect confidence in trusting their persons upon it. Few years have passed without fatal accidents occurring upon the Canal in St. James’s Park; and, however strange it may appear, till now, means of prevention have not been adopted. I am happy in having it in my power to congratulate you upon being the author of these means, which, for the sake of humanity, I trust, will be continued. A person, living at No. 12, Goldsmith Street, in the city, was taken out of the water yesterday by means of one of your ropes, the open noose being thrown over his neck. He must otherwise have been lost. About fifteen people were saved on the Serpentine on Sunday, by the men in attendance. About thirty fell through the ice, but they fre* quently succeeded in getting out themselves. I am, dear Sir, Yours very truly, P. F. ROBINSON, 215, Piccadilly.” Jan. 26, 1815. “ We hereby certify, that, on Saturday Slstinstant, we saved a man who had broken through the ice on the Canal in St. James’s Park, and who had been eight minutes in the water, by means of Captain Manby’s