14292. Hunt, Edward Soper. Weymouth Ways and Weymouth People – REMINISCENCES. Boston. 1907. Reprint 2013.
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14292. Hunt, Edward Soper. Weymouth Ways and Weymouth People – REMINISCENCES. Boston. 1907. Reprint 2013.
14292. Hunt, Edward Soper. Weymouth Ways and Weymouth People – REMINISCENCES. Boston . 1907. Reprint 2013. 307p. DJ. In Edward Hunt’s long and distinguished career, no achievement gained him more satisfaction than his development of a life-saving mortar or “Hunt Gun” adopted by the Massachusetts Humane Society for the rescue of shipwrecked mariners. Later his gun was utilized by the United States Life Saving Service as well, prior to the development of David Lyle’s Bronze “C” gun. In Edward Hunt’s long and distinguished career, no achievement gained him more satisfaction than his development of this life saving system and the lives saved through his efforts. His life-saving gun had a barrel is of bronze, 3 ½” muzzle diameter mounted on an oak base, with three iron carrying handles. This is his memoirs, first published in 1907, which contains chapters describing in detail his work on this early life-saving device. Of particular interest are his descriptions of testing and instruction given to the men at the Humane Society and Life-Saving Service on Nauset Beach on Cape Cod and on Nantucket . (M). $32.