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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 605 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ROPY See also:

PLAN MIOSNIP See also:

SECTION. on the See also:

BRITISH

British shores. Many vessels are See also:

CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast every See also:

YEAR

year on the rocky parts of the coasts, under cliffs, where no See also:

LIFE

life-See also:

BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

boat could be of service. In such places the See also:

ROCKET

rocket alone is available. The rocket apparatus consists of five See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal parts, viz. the rocket, the rocket-See also:

LINE

line, the See also:

WHIP

whip, the See also:

HAWSER

hawser and the See also:

SLING (from M. Eng. slingen, to fling, throw with a jerk, Icel. slyngva, cf. Ger. schlingen, to twist)

sling life-See also:

BUOY

buoy. The mode of working it is as follows. A rocket, having a See also:

LIGHT

light line attached to it, is fired over the See also:

WRECK

wreck. By means of this line the wrecked See also:

crew haul out the whip, which is a See also:

double or endless line, rove through a See also:

block with a tail attached to it. The tail-block, having been detached from the rocket-line, is fastened to a See also:

mast, or other portion of the wreck, high above the See also:

WATER

water. By means of the whip the rescuers haul off the hawser, to which is hung the travel-See also:

LING, PER HENRIK (1776-1839)

ling or sling life-buoy.

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