Journal of the Franklin Institute; devoted to science and the mechanic arts (1826)
Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) · Oxford, Eng. [etc.] Pergamon Press [etc.] · leaf 64
ne, composedof spars, and floated by barrels, the object of which was not very ap-parent. The machine is, however, one of considerable importance to themaritime world, being a life raft, invented by Mr. Alfred Canning,R. N. for the relief of persons in danger of being shipwrecked; andas a knowledge… … In fig. 1, A is a main yard or other spar, with two cross spars b blashed near each end of it, and kept in their places by the ropes orstays c c. To give the necessary firmness to the machine, four ofthe ropes terminate in a loop at d d, through which a smaller coil isrove, and braced up taught.…
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