Excerpt from Ships' Boats: Their Qualities, Construction, Equipment, and Launching Appliances Permission was given the Author, during the period of his association with the Marine Department of the Board of Trade, to proceed with the publication of this text-book; but in fairness to the officials of that Department it should be stated that they have not had the opportunity to express an opinion on the subject-matter previous to publication, owing to professional duties taking me to the United States of America. All matters of controversy have been carefully avoided; the sole purpose in writing the treatise being to circulate information with the object of intensifying the interest of its readers in the important subject of the equipment of life saving appliances ou cargo and passenger vessels. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.