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Excerpt from The Rule of the Road at Sea and in Inland Waters, or Steering and Saiiling Rules: Collisions and Law of the Port Helm Ships' Lights, and the Rule of the Road, with Discussions; and the Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, the Rules concerning Lights, and the Steering and Sailing Rules, with Diagrams. At about the same period Commanders P. H. Colomb and H W. Brent, H. B. M. Navy, published The Law of the Port Helm; An Examination into its History and Dangerous Action, with Suggestions for its Abolition, &c. These two publications, as well as others, including papers of William Sterling Lacon, Esq., on this important and interesting subject, have been largely drawn upon in the preparation of this work. The purpose being to provide, in as compact a form as possible, for the use of seamen in general in this country, and especially of the Navy, all attainable reliable facts and supposed sound arguments bearing upon the subject to guide them in arriving at correct conclusions, and to serve them in the hour of danger or need; no other apology need, therefore, be offered for any want of originality of language or thought that may appear. It will be observed that the Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, issued in pursuance of the British Merchant Shipping Act, Amend ment Act of 1862, and which were adopted by act of Congress, approved 29th of April, 1864, have been slightly altered in phraseology by order in Council, dated January 9, 1863, (see Notes to Articles 2, 6, and 7 and by order in Council, dated August 4, 1868, (london Gazette, ) Articles 11 and 13 are explained. This latter order in Council being, as will be remarked, of a date subsequent to the papers and discussions above referred to, with the exception of the last paper, by T. Gray, Esq. (secretary to the -marine Department of the British Board of Trade, issued by authority September. 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.
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