The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-08-27 00:00:00

BOOKS.

AA PORTION of the late DUKE of SUSSEX'S vale-
able LIBRARY is now ready for Inspection at the
LIVERPOOL
CHEAP BOOK ESTABLISHMENT,
37, LORD-STREET, corner of North John-street.

PROTECTION FROM ACCIDENTAL OR INCEN-
DIARY FIRES.

London and Birmingham Railway Office,
Euston Station, Bth April, 1844.
SIRS,-1 am instructed to send the enclosed report of
the results of the public experiments on your Fire-
resisting Boxes and Safes, at the Camden Station of this
Company, which was authorised by the Directors to be
made under the immediate superintendence of their own
officers; and to congratulate you on the complete success
of the very severe trials by which you have allowed your
admirable invention to be tested.

I am, sirs, your obedient servant,
R. CREED, Secretary.
Messrs. Thomas Milner and Son, Liverpool.

Patents for England, Ireland, and Scotland, sealed 1840.
MILNERS' NEW PATENT

FIRE-RESISTING DEED, PLATE, AND CASH
BOXES, BOOK SAFES, AND GUNPOWDER
MAGAZINES, &c., &c.,

WARRANTED TO BEAR MORE HEAT, WITHOUT INJURY
TO THEIR CONTENTS, THAN ANY OTHERS OF EQUAL

DIMENSIONS.

Of 14 graduating sizes, suitable for all purposes, from
30s. to £l4 each ; for additional inner chamber, doubling
the thickness, and trebling the resisting power 50 per
cent. more each size.
The Chambers within Milners' Boxes and Safes con-
tain the best Chemical non-conductor of heat, and Tubes
imbedded therein filled with alkaline fluid, which escapes
into the non-conductor whenever Fire reaches the Box
and heats it to the boiling point, steaming the chambers
and contents, neutralizing in the latent heat of the steam
1000 degrees of heat, keeping down the temperature, and
preventing ignition.
From every pint of fluid in the Chamber is slowly dis-
charged into and condensed in the contents of the Box
upwards of 200 Gallons of Steam, of more certain avail
in saving the Papers than tons of water thrown into a
burning building with the same object.
The advantage of this principle, embracing " the exclu-
sive use of any material evolving moisture on the applica-
tion of beat,' over every other description of Box or Safe,
is the advantage that Water has over every thing else in
quenching Fire.
An Iron Safe of one inch in solid thickness exposed to
red heat will char papers within it in fifteen minutes, and
remain a burning prison for them for hours afterwards.
Milner's Fire-resisting Principle has been investigated,
tested in Red Heat from One to Twelve Hours, in various
thickness, from 1 to 6 inches, and approved by the au-
thorities and scientific and practical men, in the leading
towns of the three kingdoms.
Under the auspices of the Royal Dublin Society and the
Liverpool Polytechnic Society : see Mr. Samuel Woods,
jun. pamphlet " On the Preservation of Documents from
Fire," &c. &c. &c.
The patentees have certificates from parties whose books
have been preserved by the boxes in fires on their pre-
mises.
In the late fire in George-street, Manchester, nine out
of ten houses lost their books in their iron safes. ,
C UTION .—None are genuine but such as haveiMiln7rs
patent plates upon them, with the date " sealed 810
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IMPORTANT TO CAPITALISTS.
90 be SOLD, by PRIVATE TREATY, by Mr. GEORGE
ROBINS,

A VERY PROMISING INVESTMENT,
A SLATE QUARRY,
situate in Carnarvonshire, North Wales.
The Slate is of excellent quality, of a rich grey-blue co-
lour, and can be had in abundance under but a very thin
cover.

The work is already about 40 yards wide, and is capable
of being extended to upwards of
ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY YARDS,
where a large number of men may be employed most ad-
vantageously, and without the slightest risk. This is an
investment affording a rare opportunity to any party with
moderate capital to accumulate
A LARGE FORTUNE.
The observations, Which follow are extracted from a
Welsh paper :—" Lbave been in Carnarvonshire, to see
the Quarry, and my opinion is, that there is something
extraordinary in it ; it can be made, with a few thousands
outlay,
THE MOST EXTENSIVE CONCERN OF THIS

SOIL IN THE WORLD.
The vein of pure slates is ascertained to be no less than
180 yards wide, and at least half a mile in length, without
any obstruction, and as deep as any parties may feel in-
clined to go, wherein there is sufficient quantity of that
useful material
TO SUPPLY THE WHOLE WORLD FOR
CENTURIES ;
and with good management the profits would—could not
he less than from 100 to 150 per cent. upon the outlay,
after it is put in proper order. Another desirable thing
belonging to this concern is, that the cover of earth on
the surface is only two or three yards deep, whereas most
of the quarries are under ten or fifteen yards cover. The
workshops, waggons, and working utensils are in good
repair, as also the road, three miles of which has been
made at the expense of nearly £2OOO. The distance to a
capital shipping wharf is only seven miles, and but nine
to the intended
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD GREAT

The name of the concern is the Cedryn Quarry,' situate
about ifarno
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" It is held under the Right Hon. Lord Newborough
for an unexpired term of twenty-eight years, which can
be extended at any time.
In conclusion, we can only add that the Quarry
ought to produce a considerable sum, as it is
towns
s Conway. ten
and miles
A SURE FORTUNE FOR ANY SPIRITED PARTY
who may be lucky enough to get it."
If not disposed of by Private Contract before the 28th
day of August, it will be Sold by Auction by Mr. George
Robins, at the Castle Inn, Conway, North Wales, on the
16th October, 1814. In the meantime, full particulars
may be had on application to Mr. E. OWEN, Auctioneer,
; or to Mr. GEORGE ROBINS, London.