The southern press., 1851-09-08


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National Intelligencer confirms The sfsteDasut
that some citizens Of the united States of high
standing having, aiser negotiations during tbs
summer, obtained from the patentees ia En0lnnd
the tght OF fAbricating and vending Phiilipps's
celebrated IRE aonihilator they have in coniurc. .
tlon WITTY other respectable gentlemen 1t Wash-
inglon, formed al association for carrying into ef
feet, IN the most vigorous and extensive manner
their laudable and interesting object The Ipteli.
gencer adds:
"Ihe members Of the company have been Ia
conference in Washington cily several d.. ,,sss.
and the result Of their meeting. We uudsr.tsrd
has been the appointment Of the Hon. tetsrt~
WhittIesey president of the cotuosnv ma
p. L. Barnum. esq, Of underworld celsbritx ~
general manager and secretary The comnsns
have already entered on measures for the f.byi.
cation Of annihilatora as fast us possible. until
they shall be commensurate with the dsmands of
the country, and that we presume will BE- every
house throughout the land worth saving from
the flames. a 1 ~
"The mode Of charging il is as follows. The
outer case, which has double bottom, 10 filled
with certain quantity Of water, and two cyljn-
ders, each opening at the top and bottom and
the sides pierced with holes, are placed in tho in
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cylinder is placed block OF composition. great.
ly resembling in appearance, taste and smell. gun.
powder; though, Of course, not possessing ita
detonatng properties. In the centre Of this
block is an orifice, in which is placed pAiul
containing two or three kinds of acids. A small
orfice, which communicates letween the interior
of the machine and compartment under false
bottom,in which the water is contained ls stopped
up with soap or beeswax, and the top having
been placed on, the Annihilator is ready for ope-
ration. The mode of putting it in operation il
by small iron rod which passes down throuoh
the top and rests on the VIAL Pressing this
down at once breaks the vial, discharges the
acids and the combustion Of the block Or COM
position Immediately takes place. An intense
heat is at once produced, steam is almost in.
stan ly generated from the water In the bottom
Of the vessel and this steam passing through
and opening the oriice which had been cl; sed
with soap or beeswux, minales with the gas in
the interior, and both are discharged together
with tremendous force and volume through the
nozzle of the machine on the fire which it is de-
sired to extinguish."
A trial of the annihilator was had in this cty
on Thursday afternoon, in the presence of u
number Of gentlemen, in the yard of the Mer-
chants shot-tower. The machine is one of sew
eral which have been imported by Messrs. Ed
wards, Sanford g. Co., of Adams & Co.'s Foreign
Express, and is of what is called the house size.
or the smallest manufactured its cost in Eng
land, with number Of charges, being E3 The
experiments were under the superintsnd nce Of
Mr. Samuel M. Shoemaker, Mr.. VIM Peters
and Mr.. Geo. A Rawlings, and were witnessed
by number of gentlemen who had been invited
to be present. Several barrels of shavinQs and
chips, saturated with turpentine, and fully ig
nted. were easily extinguished by the gas thrown
from it into the barrel
A further experiment was made Yesterday
afternoon by Messrs. Shoemaker and Peters, in
an open lot adjoining the Vulcan Iron Works
OF Mcssrs Murray a. Iazlehurst, in presence
OF number of gentlemen anxious to test the
utility and efficiency Of this important invention
A trr-barrel, thoroughly saturated, and filed
with shavIngs, and dry boards split up, the whole
well soaked with turpentine. was set up on end
on an iron frame to admit Of free draught from
below, and ignited; in an instant the contents
were enveloped in flame which rose with vio-
lence some eight or 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 heads and the sides of the barrel,
the instrument was put in operation, and
stream of the gaseous fluid, which was Instant
lY generated, directed upon the flaming pile.
The effect was astonishing. Although pro-
badly, under the disadvantage of an application
in the open air, but a small proportion of tho
gas evolved by the instrument was actually dis
charged upon. the flame, the whole was cxtin-
gulshed In twenty-five seconds, and nothing re-
NAMED but the reeking barrel and it's black,
charred and moistened contents Not spark
was to be seen, yet the power of the instrument
was not exhausted until some time after it had
its work. Baltimore Sun.
SCARLET FEvER.-In Braithwaite's RETROSPECT
or Practical Medicine and Surgery, Dr. Gardner
has paper respecting the treatment of scarlet
fever with beladona, in which he says that he has
Dot met with fatal case in treating with it. He
administers the belladona according to the ability
Of the patient, in doses Of grain to whole
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