North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-09-10
Il THE F1REiANNiHaL4roR.Toe

4A0 THE REEANNIf1LATOR. CEsA
We copy from, the Baltimore Sun the following
interesting information in relation to Phillips Fir.
Annlhilator We are gratifed TO learn that com
Pany has been formed in this country with the RICH,
70 fabrlcate and vend these machines: rs 81 .
PHILLIP's FIRE ANN1HILAToR- Formation of d
Conpany Trial Of tie apparatus. The National In
telgencer confirms the statement that some citizens
OF the United States of high standing having, after
negotiations during the summer, obtained from the
patentees IN England the right of fabricating and
vending Phillips celebrated fire annihiator, they
have, in conjunction with other respectable gentle
men at Washington, formed association for carry
ing into effect, in the most vigorous and extensive
manner, their laudable and interesting object. The
Intelligencer adds: .Bssl- 81 - q $50 L Ess}1a.
1.-THE members of the company have been in con-
ference in w Washington city several days past, and
the result of their meeting, we understand, has
been the appointment of the Hon. Elisha Whitte-
sey as President of the Company, and P. T. Bar
mum, Esq, of worldwide celebrity, as General
Manager and Secretary. The company have al
ready entered on measures for the fabrication Of
commensurate with the demands of the country, and
that we presume will be every house throughout the
land worth saving from the flames.
"Ihe mode of charging it is as follows :. The out
er case, which has double bottom, is filled with a
certain quantity of water, and two cylinders, each
opening at the top and bottom and the sides pierced
with holes, placed in the inside of the outer
or vessel. In the inside cylinder is placed block
taste and smell, gunpowder; though, of course, not
possessing its decorating properties. In the centre
of this block is an orce. in which is placed phal
containing two three kinds of acids. A small
orifce, which communicates between the interior of
the machine and compartment under false bottom, in
which the water is contained, is stopped up with soap
or beeswax, and the top havin been placed on, the
Annihlator is ready for operation. The mode of put
ting it in operation is by small iron rod which pas
ses down through the top and the vial. Pres
sing this down at once breaks the vial, discharges
the acids and the combustion of the block of
sltlon Immediately takes place. An intense heat is
at once Produced steam is almost instantly general
ed from the water in the bottom of the vessel, and
this steam passing through and opening the orifce
which had been closed with soap or beeswax, min
giles with the gas in the interior, and both dis
charged together with tremendous force and volume
through the nozzle of the machine the FIRE which
it is desired to extinguish.''
timore) Thursday, in the presence of number of
gentlemen, in the yard of the Merchants sho-tower.
The machine is one of several which have been i'm
ported by Messrs. Edwards, Sanford & Co., OF
Adams & Co.'S Foreign Express, and is of what is
called the house size, or the smallest manufactured
its cost in England g3. The experiments were uu-
der the superintendent of Mr.. Samuel NJ. Shoe
maker, Mr. VIM. Peters, and Mr.. Geo. A. Raw
lings, and witnessed by number of gentle
men who had been invited to be present. Several
barrels OF shavings and chips, saturated with tur-
Pentne, and fully ignited, were easily extinguished
by the gas thrown from it into the barrel.
further experiment made yesterday after
noon by Messrs. Shoemaker and Peters, in open
lot adjoining the Vulcan Iron Works of Messrs Muir
ray & Hazlehurst, in presence of number of gen.
tlemen anxious to test the utility and efficiency of
this important invention. tar-barrel, thoroughly
saturated, and filled with shavings, and dry boards
split up, the whole well soaked with turpentine,
set up end iron frame to admit of free
draught from below, and ignied in instant the
contents enveloped in fame which rose with
violence eight ten feet above the edge of the
barrel. At time when the combustion was most
intense, and the heat had fairly taken hold of the
boards and the sides of the barrel, the instrument
was put in operation, and stream of the gaseous
fuit, which Instantly generated, directed upon
the flaming pile. The effect was astonishing. AL
though probably, under the disadvantage of an APP
plication in the open air. but small proportion OF
the gas evolved by the instrument actually dis
charged upon the flame, the whole extinguished
in twenty-five seconds, and nothing remained but
the reeking barrel and its black charred and moist
ened contents. Not spark was to be seen, yet the
power of the instrument was not exhausted until
time after it had accomplished its work.
PHlLrP's FIRE ANNIHILAroR. We had an oppor-
tunlty yesterday of Witnessing an experiment with
saturated with spirits of turPentne, gned and
permitted to get thoroughly fire, when jet of the
vapor generated in the machine was elected into the
burning mass, and the flame almost instantly ex-
tinguished. The brands still remained ignted, and
required the application of water to entirely check
the burning. The experiment was made in the open
air. and with the smallest class of annihilatorshe
one used having the dimensions of common water
bucket. From what WEI saw we have no doubt that
it is very effective apparatus for subduing flame,
but think that the fire engine will be re-
quired entirely exnguish the fire. The apparatus,
when charged, is easily handled by single person,
is readily brought into operation, and will be highly
advantageous in checking if not totally extinguish-
ing, combustion.
New York Courier and Enquirer, 29ih.