The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-08 00:00:00

Of LAND

the New Portable Fire-engines are of infinitely better service than a
fire brigade. They act instantaneously at tie outbreak of a fire.
" We are delighted with the invention—it is a great boos to so-
eiety.”—Editors Liverpool Mail.
The New Portab'e Fire-engines have preserved a large portion of
Norwich from destruction, for out of eighteen different properties on
fire in and near the city, they saved eleven ,olely and seven mainly,
inclading in the seven the Queen's Cavalry Barracks ; and in the
eleven, Messrs. Horton's dyery, and 12,000 Z. worth of consigned pro-
perty ; Stoke mustard, starch, aod flour mills, and Messrs. Butcher's
grocery warehouses, just in-time to r, event a large quantity of gun-
powder therein from exploding, v.nich must have spread around de-
struction and death.
" North Walshain.—lt this fire the Portable Engine was of great
service, and by having one of them ready, there is no doubt but half
the property now destroyed might have been saved."—Norfulk Ckro-
nicle, August 22, 184 G.
At a Norwtai tire June 2, 1147, the two Portable Engines were
the pets of the public. The cry was, feed the little engines and they
will do die work, which proved true. The four large engines present
proved useless.
Portable Engines speedily prove steam-boilers to a dozen atmo-
spheres.
Now the fast is this, all former Force Pumps, Lift-force Pumps,
Lift Pumps, and Chain Pumps are bad machines: they rub, grub, and
scrape the water upwards by friction. which wastes two-fifths of the
power used, and progressively falter by leakage, which Drs. Young
and Mutton, with many other erainent experimenters, lamented
thus :—The quantity of water actually raised by any machine seldom
exceeCs half the Ferrer consumed, after overcoming friction and
leakage ; and notwithstanding the best engineers in the world had
tried in vain for two thousand years to abate these palpable defects
la hydraulic machines, nevertheless, at last the victory is won, and
won for ever ; for friction and leakage are now both annihilated by
the new rolling principle in pumps, and their effect augmented from
twelve to twenty (or about seventy per cent.), and frequently with-
out more outlay.
Most men can sustain heavy rapid pump trials for 40 seconds, but
some men drop at minute time. With a hest new heavy working Fric-
tion rump an active sound-winded young man of 140 lbs. weight can
raise 10,000 lbs. of water one foot high in a minute, and with a Foun-
tain Pump 9,000 lbs. in half a minute. Thus a continual and most
extraordinary lucrative advantage is gained over perpetual and uni-
versal ignorance, clearly proving that Knowledge is Power.
John Clanton Roberts, Esq., in his popular work, No. 1,110, did
well in planing Gosset's French Pump Abortion (that slaps the water
upward) side by side with the Fountain Pump, which upset a good
deal of Folly. Because Mr. Alallett, Dublin, a thorough-bred pump-
maker, Mr. Baddley, London, an everlasting pump-writer, and Mr.
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The Consummation, Fountain Pumps are successfulLy carried out
for private and public uses, at lifts below and above 100 feet altitude,
for man, horse, and steam power; delivering from half a pint per
stroke to 100 barrels of water per minute, and rendering every fair
trial at competition ridicelous, whilst their durability is guaranteed
at lees cost than common pumps,

Works W
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, Norwich, Nov. 30, 184. STIALDERS.
Sco Mechanic's 31agazine, Nos. 231., 364, 383, 429, 430, 433,
482, 486, 487, 489, 492, 495, 496, 508, 509, 510, 525, 513, 658.,
Fenitain Pump
727, 804, 1,040, I,llo*, 1,183. >los. illustrated are marked thus*