North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-08-30
THE FIRE ANNIHILArop

!hE FIRE ANNlHILAroR. Its introdt,y;o
OnrSea lesCNS"ccesul Experiments in E"nt ;no H.
rh!;IP IRE annlhiiator' invented in E. sH9'd
attracting much attention, and alre,dr England, !,
them have been brought to this conn,.yy Several d
ceive that the Common Council of o., We d.
has appointed committee to secure ,hhd, OH
for the protection of the city property. ,T Aanda
will doubtless be adopted by all orr oi, Ills syse,
and villages, as well as by the United Sues tOsa
efnmen!. 10 shiP-owners, particularly, tba aes Co.,
ard. contains the following article m G ,!n Saai
which cannot fail TO arrest the altenton S subee
Fire V4nnihiLdtor. We find that tho VI The pubEa
both in this country and in England arc aPeb
attention to the modern miracle Seva,,P ayngg s,'
chimes (Which cost about $50 each) ARC u VI tie n3
Queens Palaces at London and Winds ced in Tie
latter place fire was recently extinoui al which
of the machines, which would othefw;sa" BY Oh
sumed property worth a million of s nave Coz,
great Crystal Palace is also protected b OIaTs' TIL
chimes; in fact, they are being adontej nese d.
principal manufactures, distilleries and all H.,
we'll as mansions and private residences sS0Ees
tain. 1t is said that orders for the NJ uieaI b,
several weeks IN advance, although.the msnnE ae
of the Patentee supplies over two IhouS,d nuiacy
per day. Lord Brougham has recep,I~ p'u u, Haehp,
bill in Parliament requiring every rnn'Oduceda
grant vessel TO be supplied with one or en
! Fire Annihilators. V'e Of h
Probably single machine would have
either OF the recent confagratons in San Pe'enh.
Indeed, If citizens will universally nron IdNcIsco
selves with one of these small pacbi r'"6 lheR
thing as destructive fire need ever occ ' w Such
+ now the annual destruction of propertv !; y "nedi
States is estimated at $I4,OOOOO0, and ,L '"e Unre!
of property insured is $500, OUO, 900 VIC aNoun
The engagements of the Palentee in El
not much longer permit him 10 withhold ,1 1Tu ca
of this paten, from this country, as, bv "e Oenl
provision in our Patent Laws, any lorgiura, y F0Pl
patent here is compelled to offer it for ,,I o'ana3
United States, within eighteen months af T III ne
OF his grant, or the same becomes forfeited I Ia"
now sixteen months since Mr. Philips oS,.i ~
patent in Washington, and therefore w;'r 1eu ls
months. he must offer his Annihilaors h ~, %o
this country. In California alone, this sas 10
would be invaluable, no insurance auaost 'a'"s
be obtained there. Indeed, in eyerv nar 4' ne can
civilized world, fire is most destructive eo VI "s
and the value OF the Annlhlator is Correspondent
great. '"O'Ha!
The London Times of recent date, Save
Some experiments with these Fire in,iLn..
were performed on Friday afternoon al the IaS
Gas W orks, VauXhall, before numerous anJs"
Accounts have been so frequently given of fns,
exhibitions of the patent that il would be naedI
say any more than that they were of the usual E,%
and succeeded admirably. rs on other occq,;"na
roughly constructed hOHSe h0aS set fire and The fon
instantOusly ertinguished by The uapoy. II was a
it carburetted hydrogen gas without any ef.n..
whereas, the vaPor speedily put it out: and arrs
open uessel of coatar being igned, the same mean,
Immediately effected the desired result
The London Standard says:
1t was astonishing to see with what ease the fra.
men, protected by the vapor emitted from the cyiD
der, could deliberately and with impunity uak inn
the middle Of the fire, whose heat caused distant sDec
tators to recoI, and succeed in pouring the vapo in
to the interior of the building. This combination d
gases is by no mems injurious to animal fE-gpt
the contrary, although it is indubtabIy an-cOnbu,
tive. The flames of gas, or of such combusrib.
substances of fluids cannot be overcome (exepp
by immersion) by means of water, instantaneous
ly extinguished by it.
One thing and most important thing it is is rha
the Uapor may be safely inhaled without any mischief
or the least Ill effects, Uhich The inUenior proved
demonstration By placing the hose an his mouth and in
bibing what appeared to US most unsauory draugh