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The romance of life preservation, by James Burnley.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - British Imprints 1888 Burnley
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burnley, James, 1842-1919.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lifesaving.
- Safety appliances.
- Public safety.
- Genre:
- Pictorial cloth binding -- 1888.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 473 p. 20 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London, W.H. Allen & co., 1888.
- Contents:
- I. The romance of the sea. The efforts of science to combat the storm
- Great disasters and heroic deeds
- The story of the lighthouses
- The story of the lighthouses (continued)
- Sea-marks and signals
- The lifeboat service and rocket apparatus
- II. Protection against natural visitations. Defying the lightning
- Protection from fire
- Historic fires and wonderful rescues
- III. The risks of travel and industry. The influence of machinery on modern life
- Industrial dangers and preventive appliances
- The perils of the mine
- Land travel and its risks
- Railway precautions and safeguards
- IV. Man at strife. The chances of war
- The military ambulance system
- The story of the Red Cross
- Weapons of personal safety
- V. Men in peril and weakness. Great epidemics, and how they have been met
- The story of anaesthetics
- The romance of dietetics
- Some curiosities of surgery
- The modern hospital system
- The royal humane society.
- Notes:
- Publisher's advertisement, two pages at end.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Bound in red cloth, illustration, gilt title.
- Athenaeum copy: Livesey Fund bookplate.
- OCLC:
- 4636554
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