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  2. Life preserver - Wikipedia

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    Life preserver or life-preserver may refer to: a life preserver is a piece of equipment designed to assist a wearer in keeping afloat; also referred to as a lifejacket, life preserver, Mae West, life vest, life saver, cork jacket, buoyancy aid, or flotation suit Lifebuoy, a ring-shaped flotation device; A kind of club

  3. Personal flotation device - Wikipedia

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    Personal flotation devices being worn on a navy transport . A personal flotation device (PFD; also referred to as a life jacket, life preserver, life belt, Mae West, life vest, life saver, cork jacket, buoyancy aid or flotation suit) is a flotation device in the form of a vest or suit that is worn by a user to prevent the wearer from drowning in a body of water.

  4. Preserver - Wikipedia

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    Preserver can refer to: Life preserver, a personal flotation device or lifebuoy; Life preserver, a type of club (weapon) HMCS Preserver, a Canadian navy ship HMCS Preserver (AOR 510), Protecteur-class supply ship; HMCS Preserver (1941), leadship of the Fairmile-support depot ships; USS Preserver (ARS-8), a U.S. navy ship

  5. Lifebuoy - Wikipedia

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    Lifebuoy with emergency light on a cruise ship A lifebuoy floating on water. A lifebuoy or life ring, among many other names (see § Other names), is a life-saving buoy designed to be thrown to a person in water to provide buoyancy and prevent drowning. [1]

  6. Napoleon Guerin - Wikipedia

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    Napoleon Guerin was an American inventor who obtained a U.S. patent for the first life preserver made of cork on November 16, 1841. [1] It was constructed in jacket form, with two layers of material between which the cork could be inserted.

  7. File:Person's hand with tattoo of skull, anchor, and life ...

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    File:Person's hand with tattoo of skull, anchor, and life preserver.jpg. Add languages. Page contents not supported in other languages. File; ... English: This is a ...

  8. List of Latin words with English derivatives - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English language. Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article, both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words. See also Latin phonology and ...

  9. Life saver - Wikipedia

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    Life Savers, a brand of candy; Life Savers, a 1916 film starring Oliver Hardy "Lifesaver (poem)", a 1931 poem by Australian writer Elizabeth Riddell; Life Savers Building, Port Chester, Westchester County, New York, United States; Dr. Lifesaver, a 2023-2024 Taiwanese television series starring Wang Shih-hsien and Ella Chen