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London, England, 1848-02-15 00:00:00

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The PATENT RAMONEUR :MACHINE is exclusively used in
theoffices of the Right Hon. the Lords of the Treasury, the Royal
Agricultural Society, the Royal Horticultural !Society; the Royal
7,x-change-buildings, &c. The objects of the promoters are up-
rvrod by

The 3tost Noble the Mlrquis of NORTIINMPTON, President of the
Royal Seciety.

The Right Ilon. Earl DE GREY, K.e., President of the Royal In-

nitute of British Architects.
Sir RODERICK I. :MURCHISON, President of the British Assecia-,

than for the Advancement of Science.
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop
of Norwich I of Lichfield
the Right Hon. the Earl of Lot- The Most Noble the Margnis of
I caster Bristol
Th c Lord Rendlesham, M.P. The Hon. and Rev. Thomas R.
the Right Rev. the Lord Blshopl Keppel
of Gloucester and Bristol The llmn. Fred. Byng
Hon. .and Rev. EdWard 8.. The Rev. Fir Thomas Gray Cal-
Keppel I lum, Bart.
The Very Rev. the Dean of Woot-!sir William Foster, Bart.
minster, Dr. Buckland 'Sir Robert Harland, Bart.
The Venerable Archdeacon Shir-Sir Francis Darwin
ley The Norwich Union Fire Office
Fir John P. Boileau, Bart. The Sr.trolk Fire Oflice
Fir Richard Paul Joddrell, Bart. The District Fire Office of Bir-
Dr. Outram, PALS., F.G.S., In- mingham . _

spector of Naval Ilospitals
Right lion. Earl Fitzhardlnge

The Norwich Equitable Insurance
Office

Hi; Grace the Duke of Beaufort The Nottinghamshire and Derby-
W. S. Miles, Esq., M.P, shire Fire Office

Right Hon. F. 11. I.Therkeley,!The West of England Fire Oftlee,
M.P. I &e.
W. Miles, Esq., 3f.P.

The object of this Association is totally to abolish the use of
climbing boys, who, notwithstanding the penalties to which those
employing them are subjected by the 3d and 4th Victoria, cap. 85,
are continually resorted to. This breach of the law is acquiesced in
by a large portion of the public, from a conviction of the utter im-
possibility in innumerable cases of cleansing a chimney or flue with
the old machine. For the laudable purpose of furthering the objects
of the law by avoiding all necessity for its infringment, the in e-

uious and effective Ramoneur machine has been invented. This
invention consists of four brushes forming a square head, which
by means of elastic springs contracts or expands, according to
the small or extended space in which the machine moves, thereby
treating an even pressure on all four sides of a chimney. The
rods attached to this head or brush are supplied at intervals with
universal spring joints, capable of turning even a right angle
and the whole is surmounted with a doable revolving ball, having
also a universal spring joint, which leads the brush with certainty
past every angle, and into every corner, cleansing its route msst
perfectly. The capabilities of this machine arc best demonstrated
by the fact, that it is exclusively used In the Government and
numc..ous public offices, while the patronage bestowed by a large
number of the nobility and gentry in e ,ti,:uing their annual con-
tracts to the patentees evidences their 'Anise ot• its superiority, as well
as of the philanthropic views of the projectors. Detailed prospectuses
may be obtained, and a working model of the machine seen, at the
offices of the solicitor, F, Dolman, Esq., 39, Jermyn-street, St
James's ; at Messrs. Barry and Co.'s, brokers, 7, Birchin-lane ; at
W. Heath, Esq.'s, Nag's Head-court, Gracechurch-street; and at the
principal office, 1, Wellington-street, London-bridge, Borough, where
applications for shares may he addressed.

RAISING WATER discovered by the FOUN-
TAIN PUMPS, which roll the water upwards, without
either friction or faltering, therefore can never be surpassed ; conse-
quently this is the most important discovery ever made for the pre-
servation oflife and property either at Sea or on Land.

AT SEA
numerous ships it has already saved, and the captains gratefully ac-
knowledge the glorious results. Two testimonial extracts shall
suffice :
" Captain Greig, from Quebec to London, states that the Fountain
Pump being fitted in the Caroline, its great power was the means of
saving the ship and 230 souls on hoard, two seams in the bottom
being partly left with ant calking."
" The Argus brig, from Cadiz, sprung a leak when three days ont
at sea, and soon after her common pump choaked and became use-
less. Captain Rutherford states all then depended upon her Foun-
tain Pump, which for nineteen days and eighteen nights was in ac-
tion without a minute'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
tiro brigade. They act instantaneously at the outbreak of a fire.
"We are delighted with the invention—it is a great boon to So-
eiety."—Editors Liverpool 11 ail.
The New Portable. 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 solely and seven mainly,
including in the seven the Queen's Cavalry Barracks ; and in the
eleven, Messrs. Morton's dyery, and 12,0e0/. worth of consigned pro-
perty; Stoke mustard, starch, and flour mills, and Messrs. Butcher's
grocery warehouses, just in time to prevent a large quantity of gun-
powder therein from exploding, which must have spread around de-
struction and death.
" North Walsham.—At this fire the I'ortable 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."—Norfolk Chro-
nicle, August 22, 1846.
At a Norwich fire June 2, 1847, the two Portable Engines were
the pets of the public. The cry was, feed the little engines and they
will do the work, which proved trne. The four large engines present
proved useless.
Portable Engines speedily prove steam-boilers to a dozen atme-
spherei.
Now the ftet 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 Hutton, with many other eminent experimenters, lamented
thus :—The quantity of water actually raised by any machine seldom
exgees half the power 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
in hydraulic machines, nevertheless, at last tho 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 best now heavy working Fric-
tion Pump 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 roost
extraordinary lucrative advantage is gained over perpetual and uni-
versal ignorance, clearly proving that Knowledge is Power.
John Clenton Roberts, Esq., in his popular work, If o. 1,110, did
well in placing 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. Mellott, Dublin, a thorough-bred pump-
maker, Mr. iladdley, 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 No. 456, Book-maker Millington's
remarks are preposterous. However, on the other hand, Dr. Birk-
beck, Aberdour, Ilay, 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 sustajn-
' able character:—The Fountain Pump is the most important improve-
ment in the art of raising water that has appeared within the last two
thousand years—the greatest advancement in the useful arts in
modern times.
The Consummation Fountain Pumps are successfully carried out
for private and public uses, at lifts below and above 100 feet altitude,
for nign, 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 ridiculous, whilst their durability is guaranteed
at less cost than common pumps.

W. SIIALDERS.

Fountain Pump Works, Norwich, Nov. 30, 1847.
See Mechanic's 31agazine, Nos. 231*, 364, 383, 429, 430, 433,
482, 486, 487, 489, 492, 495, 496, 508, 509, 510, 525, 533, 656*,
727, 604, 1,040, I,llo*, 1,183. Nos. illustrated are marked thus*