Model of a Life Buoy, Model of a rescue device against a sloping wall. The device consists of a set of floats connected by a crossbar with a vertical round pole in the middle. It is held against the wall with two guide rods through the transverse plane and is secured with a chain, the chain is released with a slip hook, which is operated with a rope through the wall, after which the device falls down along the guide bars and is released. The pole of the device has a fire plate on top for a luminous fire. Immediately before launch, the fire is lit with a flint lock mounted against the wall in a

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