The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-26 00:00:00

AT SRA.

numerous sh;ps it has already saved, and the captains graterally ac-
knowledge the glorious results. Two testimonial extracts shall
suttee.:

" Captain ()reig, from Qurdsso to London, states that the Fountain
Pump being fitted in the Caroline, its great power was the means of
saving the skip ant 230 souls on hoard, two SCAMS In ok. bottom
being partl3- left withwtt calking."
" The Argus brig, from Cadiz, sprung a leak when three days oat
at sea and soon, after her common pump choaked and became use-
-1008. Captain Rutherford states all then depended upon her Foun-
tain rump, which for nineteen days and eighteen nights was in ac-
tion without a wuntite's respite, when all arrived safely in London,
with a thank God for the Fountain Pump."

ON LAND
the New Portable Fire-engines are of infinitely better service than a
fire brigade. They net Instantaneously at the outbreak of a fire.
" We are delighted with-the invention—it is a gigot been to so-
-
elety."---Editors Liverpool Mail.

The New Portab'e tire-engines have preserved a large portion •f
Norwich from destruction, for out of eighteen different properties on
Are in and near the city, they saved eleven solely and seven mainly,
including in the seven the Qneen's Cavalry Barracks ; and in the
eleven, Messrs. Horton's dycry, and 12,600/. worth of consigned pro-
perty ; Stoke mustard, starch, and Your mil's, and Messrs. Butcher's
grocery warehouses, just in tine to prevent a large quantity of gun-
powder therein from exploding, which must have spread around de-
struction and death.

" Worth Walsh:lin.—At the lire the Portable Engine was •f great
service, and by having one of them ready, there is no doubt bit half
the property mow destroyed miglit have been saved."—Nerfolk Chro-
nicle, Angerst 22, 1846. _ .

At a Norwich fire June 2, 1847, the two Portable Engines were
the pets of the ptiblie. The cry was, feel the little engines and they
will do the work, whets proved true. The four large engines present
proved naelees.

Portable Engines speedily prove steam-boilers to a dozen atmo-
spheres.
Now the fact is this, all former Force Pnraps, Lift-force Pumps,
Lift Pump., and Chain Pumps are bad machines : they rub, grub, and
scrApe the water pea ards by friction, which wastes two-fifths of the
pow used, and progressively falter by leakage, which Drs. Young
and Bettor'. with many other eminent experimenters, lamented
thee : —The quantity or water actually raised by any machine seldom
exeeeL's half the rower consumed, after overcoming friction and
leakage ; and notwithstanding the best engineers in the world had
tried in vain thr two thousand years to abate these palpable defects
In bydranlic 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 taw can enstain heavy rapid pump trials for 41 seconds, but
some men drop at minute tune. With a best new heavy working Fric-
tion Pairm an active sound-winded young man of 141 lbs. weight eau
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
carai,rdinary lucrative advantage is gained over perpetual and uni-
versal ignorance, clearly proving that Knowledge is Power.
John Cienton Roberts, Rel., in his popular work, No. 1,110, did
well in placing Gosaet's French Pump Abortion (that slaps the water
upward) side by side with the Fountain l'ump, which upset a good
deal of Folly. Because Mr. Mallett, Dublin, a thorough-bred pump-
maker, Mr. tiaddley, London, an everlasting pump-writer, and Mr.
Ewbank, America, an ignorant pump book-maker, asserted that the
two pumps were identical. But the Yankee out-fooled John Bull
and Paddy in No. 1,183, and in N.. 496, Book-maker Millington's
remarks are preposterous. However, on the ether hand, Dr. Birk-
beck, Aberdour, Hay, Parkington, with many other discerning men,
after witnessing the perfect effect and the beautiful simplicity of the
rolling principle, gave the invention the following true and sustain.
able character:—The Fountain Pump is the nest important improve-
ment in the art of raising water that bas appeared within the last two
thousand years—the greatest advancement is the useful arts, in
modern times. _

Tin Consummatisn Fountain Pumps are successfully carried out
for p-ivate and public uses, at lifts below aid above 100 feet altitude,
for iran, horse, and steam power; delivering from Italia pint per
stroLe to 100 barrels of water per minute, aid rendering every fair
trial et competition ridiculous, whilst their durability is guaranteed
at less coot than common pumps.