WACHINE TO PREVENT DacVTNlNG. gig| 



moon and stars, to correct the Itjnar problem for the longw 

 tude, will be njore correctly and easily taken with it, 



I am. Sir, 



Your very obedient hqmble gervant, 



J. WRIGHT, 



VIII. 



JDescription of an Apparatus to secure Persons from sinking 

 in Water, or to act as a Life-preserver when shipwrecked^ 

 with infianc^s of its Ulillti/ : by Mr, F, C. Daniel, of 

 Wapping*. 



Sir, 



JL HAVE taken the liberty of sending- one of my life pre- Life-preserver 



servers, and am prond to say, they have realized the name; 



larld 1 shall feel myself obliged if you will cause it to be 



brought before the Society for their approbation. I beg to 



say, Sir, thovigh I have given it piiblicity, it has never been 



before any committee. 



1 have enclosed a copy of a letter, whicli I received from has already 

 the only surviving officer of the Alert private ship of war, ^avedsever4 

 and, independent of that document, I have had information 

 from respectable authority, that the machines have saved 

 several lives. 



It ib not, Sir, a pecuniary reward I look for, although I 

 have sank near £l500 in the undertaking; yet, I must con- 

 fess, to have the sanction of the Society of Arts would ba 

 highly flattering, and the world from that moment must be 

 i:onvniced of their utihty. 



I have the honour to be. Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



F. C, DANIEL. 



• Abriiiged from Transanctions of the Society of Arts for 1807. The 

 ^old mesial was voted to Mr. Daniel for tlii^ Lavention. 



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