Download or read book Protocols of Proceedings of the International Marine Conference, Vol. 1 written by International Marine Conference and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-23 with total page 834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Protocols of Proceedings of the International Marine Conference, Vol. 1: Held in Washington, D. C., United States of America, October 16 to December 31, 1889 In pursuance to the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1888, an invitation was extended to the maritime powers to take part in a conference to be held at Washington, the objects of which were to revise and amend the rules, regulations, and practice concerning ves sels at sea and navigation generally; to adopt a uniform system of ma rine signals, especially with reference to signaling in fog; to compare and discuss the various systems employed for the saving of life and property from shipwreck; to devise methods of reporting, marking, and removing dangerous wrecks and obstructions to navigation, and to es tablish uniform means of conveying to mariners warnings of storms and other information. 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.