The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1851-08-21

they are being adopted by all the principal manu-
factories, distilleres and stores, as well as man.
sions and private residences Of Great Britain.
Il is said that orders for the machines are several
weeks In advance, although the mandatory Of
the pstentee supplies over TWO thousand machines
per day. Lord Brougham has recently introduced
bill into Parliament, requiring every Govern
ment emigrant vessel TO be supplied with one or
more Of the Fire Annihilators.
Probably single machine would have pre-
vented either Of the recent conAagrations in San
Francisco Indeed IL citizens will universally
provide themselves with one Of these small
machines, no such thing as destructive FIRE need
ever occur, whereas now the annual destruction
Of property in the United States is estimated AT
sl5O0O,OO0, and the amount Of property insured
Is $500, 000,OO0
The engagements Of the patentee in England
cannot much longer permit him to withhold the
benefits Of this patent from this country, as by
very proper provision in our Patent Laws, any
foreigner obtaining patent here is compelled to
offer il for sale In the United States, within
eighteen months after the date Of his grant or the
same becomes forfeited. 1t Is now sixteen months
since Mr. Phillips obtained his patent in Wash
ington, and therefore, within two months, he must
offer bis Annihilators for sale in this country.
In California alone, this machine would be inval-
liable as no insurance against fire can be obtained
there Indeed in any and every part Of the
civilized world, FIRE is a most destructive element,
and the value of the Annihilator is correspond
ingly great.
The Fire Department in this city Bridgeport
probably costs us $4,000 per annum; the amount
paid for insurance must be several times this sum,
and yet our loss by fire is considerable Nearly
all this expense Can be saved by the "Annihila-
tors as all can see who read the evidences Of its
powers.
We consider this subject of such vast and
universal importance, that we shall Immediately
lay before our readers the evidences Of It's COM
plete utility, as published in the London papers,
where repeated experiments have been made by
firing buildings, and where hundreds Of thousands
of dollars have already been saved by the " Fire
Annihilatorn
We perceive that the Common Council Of
Cleveland, Ohio, has appointed a Committee 70
secure the Annihilator for the protection of the
city property. This system will doubtless be
adopted by all our cities, towns, and Villages as
well as by the United States Government
The following is from The London Times Of
March 18th, 1851
Some experiments With these Fire Annihilstors
were performed on Friday afternoon at the Lon.
don Gas Works, Vsuxhal, before numerous
audience. Accounts have been so frequently
given Of former exhibitions Of the patent that il
would be needless TO say any more than that they
we're Of the usual kind, and succeeded admirably
rs on order occasions a rOnptCy o0rstT ,-iso'
IDdS SCI on fire and the flames vasaaaeousiy ertta-
Va *stS Nf'Ng| u ysS also s1S~n that
water had no effect on fame, by pouring II on
carburetted hydrogen gas without any. effect
whereas the vapor speedily put it out; and large
open ueSsei Of coal-tar being ignited, the same
means Immediately effected the desired result
Mr.. Phillips in his Introductory lecture, stated
that the amount of property destroyed annually
was to the value Of f2,000,000, the amount
insured f100 ,000 900, and the amount uninsured
double this IL was to protect this immense CAPT.
tai that he brought forward this apparatus.
few days before at one of his exhibitions, alarm
Of fire in the neighborhood had been given, and
he was sent for to protect the adjoining premises
which was sdistllery. The other buildings were
entirely destroyed, although there were eighteen
engines on the ground, and they had a command
Of 100000, 600, gallons of water, contained in q
tank in the distillery. He cited this to show the
inefficiency Of the water system. For long time
this agent had been recognised as the only efectu
al known means of extinguishing FIRE, but 1t wat
now becoming recognised fact that IL was only
useful in satursting incandesoent embers, and
was totally Ineffective as destroyer OF fame,
and as such he had shown il by his experiments
His machines were being adopted, not only in
England, but on the Continent; and he trusted
the time would soon come when people, instead Of
allowing their property to be destroyed, (which
was now the case in nine instances in ten by fire.
would adopt the means which he offered for ia
preservation. Mr.. Phillips received much ap-
plaase from the spectators, as each experiment
succeeded