The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1818-07-15
IMPORTANT IMPROVEMEN NJ
PUMPS and PUMP BOXES.

A FIER years .ims spent in perfeoiing
y Helmt's Double Valve Meia Pump
Boxes, The proprietors are enabled 10 offer it
20 he public, as being, without doubt, ,ho
most imporsni thing OF the kind ever invent
cd, combining simplicity of make with great
dorahiIi'y, and delivering more water thaa
aDy other in The world. II consists OF iwo
parts, between which are place d leather, pro-
Jee,,pg e6geways about quarter OF an INST,
beyond the box the valves are Of leather,
with compositicn plate on each eide,
through which screws, with seeIed heads are
placed, TO fasicn The leather between the
plates, or OF brass or conposItion, made 10
such way as 10 be perfectly ugh, the sta
pic paeses.througb The TWO paris Of the box,
and by nut at the bottom connects them
hmly toIetEsr; finally, it is en- invention
that will hear examination, being the result
Of long study, and having beeu fully tiied by
experienced men.
Some OF these boxes are fixed without any
leather, ond where there is bot water to pump,
as is grain distilleries, will be fotnd Of greae
value, as they will not very soon get out Of
repair.
Hand Pumps are also fitted with the sane
description OF boxes, 50 that one with box
OF oely one and half inch will pump a
hogshead OF liquor in six minutes. They
are valuable article for gsocefA aE6 Others.
An Agent will be in the different towns in
the u States IN short time to offer for sale
tho patent right for sinle OF town 10 tho
interim, any coo munica,ions on the subject
ofPurchasing The right, or for boxes or hand
pumps may be addressed Ia JOHN &. HELME
& Co. No. l6 Crane. wharf, N Y. s. will be- re-
piled to, particularly informing whst prospect
there is oi &, eat profit 10 those who purchase
rights, and furnishing testimony Of their su-
periority over all others in use--amoDg which
IS the following
! certify tha, have used Helms's Patent
Pump Boxes, on voyage to London and
back to N. York, in the ship Minerva Smyth,
aod find them to be superior TO any Box
have ever seen or used-I therefore recon.
pend them TO masters of vessels ind ship
owners as an invention Of greatjimpor,snce,
psrtieu ularly to vessels laden with tar, or other
similar goods, as have proved, by expert.
ence, that while the common wooden boxes
(Which had IN one Of my ships pumps)
were entirely choaked, and would no. work,
Helmc's metal boxes worked with great
ease, diseharging tar end water in great
quantities.
can also state, that while in London,
they were examined by many very respect-
able judges aud pronounced superior TO any
thing Of the kind they had ever seen.
JAS. w. ALLEN,
Master Of ship Minerva Smyth.
We, the undersigned, unite with capt. Al
len in the above certificate.
GEORGE II. WALLACE, Mate.
JOHN ROBERTS, Second Maie.
~ The demand for the above described
Pump Boxes and Pumps is so great at The
Mandatory, that largo sssostmcnt ssnnot,
rs yet, &c furnished TO agents abroad, q few
seus comprising each description ate deposit.
ID at the Siih- Chondiery Store Of WILLIAM
II. RATHBONE for examination end sale )
shere, on application, any number or descrip.
ion will be furnished at short notice, ct the
New.York Maufsctory prices. Where, also,
p?lica,ion may be made for the PArEsT
RisRrs for the State Of Y. Island.
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