in 1808, a mortar-fired lifeline was used for the first time to save a person from shipwreck, at Gorleston. It was invented by George William Manby who lived in the Norfolk village of Hilgay.
One of those inventions that is blindly obvious in hindsight.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
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