Author:George William Manby

George William Manby
(1765–1854)

George William Manby

Works

• The History and Antiquities of St David's (1801)

• An Historic and Picturesque Guide from Clifton, through the Counties of Monmouth, Glamorgan, and Brecknock, with Representations of Ruins, Interesting Antiquities &c (1802)

• Fugitive Sketches Of The History And Natural Beauties Of Clifton And The Hot Wells And Vicinity (1802)

• An Englishman's reflections on the subject of the present disturbances (1803)

• An essay on the preservation of shipwrecked persons : with a descriptive account of the apparatus and the manner of applying it, as adopted successfully by G. W. Manby ; illustrated with engravings on wood drawn by W. M. Craig and executed by J. Berryman (1812)

• Papers Relating to Captain Manby's Plan for Saving the Lives of Ship-Wrecked Mariners (1813)

• A Description of the various Methods for Saving Shipwrecked Seamen (1814)

• Considerations on destructive fires : and the means of prevention in future (1816)

• An Historical Guide to Great Yarmouth in Norfolk with the Most Remarkable Events Recorded of that Town (1817)

• Journal of a Voyage to Greenland, in the Year 1821 (1823) (transcription project)

• Journal Of A Voyage To Greenland In The Year 1821. Second edition (1823)

• Lecture, or essay on the most efficacious means of preserving the lives of shipwrecked sailors, and the prevention of shipwreck (1830)

• An essay on the extinction and prevention of destructive fires with the description of apparatus for rescuing persons from houses enveloped in flames : together with an outline for the establishment of a preventive fire-police, &c. &c. (1830)

• An Englishman's reflections on the subject of the present disturbances, and more particularly on the matter author of them (1835)

• An address to the British public : with suggestions for the recovering property from sunken vessels; also, for the means for rescuing the lives of sailors from stranded vessels; and for the prevention of shipwreck; likewise, on the extinction and prevention of destructive fires; and for rescuing persons from houses enveloped in flames: and for saving from drowning persons who break through the ice. With a description and representation of apparatus used for those purposes, and instructions for their application.

• Commemorative Address on the Exhibition of Works of Industry of all Nations

• A summary of services rendered to the state (1851)

• Anastatic drawings of gold and silver medals, presented by sovereigns and public bodies to Capt. George William Manby (1851)

Works about Manby

• "Manby, George William," in The American Cyclopædia (1879)
• "Manby, George William," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
• "Manby, George William," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)