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Popular Electronics, Nov 1955

More on William Harrison.

I suspect he is no longer at this address (below).

Know your Schermuly products...

Schermuly rockets, surely a familiar name to most of us. I mean, the name Schermuly is almost synonymous with rescue rockets, right? 

Kidding aside, William Schermuly retired from the British Navy in 1880, and set about designing a line throwing rocket to aid in life saving situations. By the time his products reached the market, the devices could send a 1/2 inch line 3/4 of mile and became mandatory equipment on all ships. More of the story here.