An Appeal to the British Nation
by Sir William Hillary
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About this eBook
- Author
- Hillary, William, Sir, 1771-1847
- Title
- An Appeal to the British Nation on the Humanity and Policy of Forming a National Institution for the Preservation of Lives and Property from Shipwreck (1825)
- Credits
- Produced by Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- VK: Naval science: Navigation, Merchant marine
- Subject
- Shipwrecks
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 27322
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27322
- Release Date
- November 24, 2008
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.AN APPEAL — TO THE — BRITISH NATION, — ON THE — Humanity and Policy — OF FORMING — A NATIONAL INSTITUTION, — FOR THE PRESERVATION OF
- 2.LIVES AND PROPERTY — FROM — SHIPWRECK.
- 3.BY SIR WILLIAM HILLARY, BARONET. — AUTHOR OF "A PLAN FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A STEAM LIFE BOAT AND FOR THE EXTINGUISHMENT OF FIRE AT SEA;" "SUGGESTIONS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT AND EMBELLISHMENT OF THE METROPOLIS," AND "A SKETCH OF IRELAND IN 1824." — THIRD EDITION. — LONDON: PRINTED FOR GEO. B. WHITTAKER, AVE-MARIA-LANE. — 1825. — TO — THE KING. — INTRODUCTION — TO THE
- 4.SECOND EDITION [A] . — FOOTNOTE: — AN APPEAL, — &c. — APPENDIX.
- 5.No. I.
- 6.No. II.
- 7.ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTION — FOR — THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK. — LONDON, MARCH 4, 1824. — PATRON—THE KING. — Vice-Patrons. — PRESIDENT —The Earl of Liverpool, K.G. — Vice-Presidents. — Central Committee. — Treasurer. — Trustees. — Auditors. — Secretary.
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