New-York tribune., 1903-05-17
,mpeovED AUTOMATIC FIRE ALARM

NJ the MANY things which come under the gen
eraI heading of fire safeguards notnins cHh 'ano
precedence IN point Of importance % u ~
atorn system: It is a striking example CT the
a6ape that IAN ounce OF PfSFeatloh = ""'
80 ~ c,re''. indeed It may rightfuly clalih
s,,nar,or,tv 10 even the ''ounce of prevention tOy
which is generally meant the nre pail tno ~ a..
e,+ing11isher or the automatic sprinkler sliiCo
peculier province is dn its highest deSeioph,e ~
nrocaIro the need OF that, and Just where IL siiO
- ,,I,ad And the system here treated or may
sofeIv he accounted that highest development,
g. q not ouly instantly detects and as quickly
locates-"n1tSe waTns in advance the presence
S the abnormal heat which later unless 'S nS
warning be hssSsa gobderu eonGS to relate If Is IN
terfered with through design OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES or the
fsfthf1 human sentinel. though WOUNDED 20 t Il
it w stu sound @ t4N,bs the aarn and tell just where it
eristsf Many q disastrous connast deLoII - hsat
never never ha5sfeeted and unremoved. afterward gave
birth to fatal spark nad % diIaTs Of prop
esfg and many thousands of human lives ; w0I1e
have escaped destruction ana .daa seeDIessy over
tbern There have been and yet are N htcI
other g&ood & nre a9d oH Remote chance failure to
act has been completely anu 5norIIs @ 49, bss1 OF
fSem giTe fire signal when not in trouble 0n
they could not and cannot % ahnou1Ss ranSsr that re
sgnaa gseDb Wilson Frost an electrician and
nizeS IN his profession genius spent nsaT-y
a Iresrs OF his life In the exhaustive stueJ
and in the practical experiments "l11l rtI tIo1 fba
automatic Ere alarm system, now KnoWh aio 90
scrtbad as ''Frost's Patent. and whlch - atPo W
Grated by the New-England NaUonaL -, ~ era a
Eyrs Alarm Company the offices or whach are ~
the Wool Exchange Building corner OF ,Sia -
"a west Broadway, New-York CITY. ms CO.. co.
pOration organized last N0Ven.oer. as nrasS-
Hent and Mr. Ddwin A Watson OF tne HI
80 60 nP Truax Watson & Roberts, as secte
tarv and treasurer; these two. with Mr. FToSN are
on its board Of directors r., &her-
rrbe system comprises an arran nseIneLt oL e /,
r,asto+s niaced-in accordance with tne ruIso VI
the National Board OF FIRE UnaneI Uns s +bs sew
erai floors OF buildings and connectIilS, tha-aof
Sstgna ~ boxes placed the outside WeiIs
fe ffon and through the latter. with IRE hea0-
quai e saIuahIe feature OF this system is tne IN
.u,+1o1 nf nun boxes within doors, SO M, III II.
@ - Are next door can Immediately can W
80 tfra Departnent-the fact that tina. IRE 90
dnor'' is sometimes more 10 De dreaoeu 81. aooT''
ou absent for instance) attests tbe lhiPoI
~ this additional safeguard me ne 80 ens a
9g-.Lan consists OF thin brass oIsc Iwo an- q
Io1y ,nches in diameter. and ascehoirts, ia "a
hat nod SraduaI curve TO Its centre rms 3LsSS
S a%acfy fits a shallow porcelain cup, 80
tnrnad bottom upward, Is closed VIII Ss-o-. 51,s
TN u!se' "a foreign substances or all kihus VIZ
t interfering with the sensitive opeld a. We, de-
our ,1arsttres upon the thermc stat, OF ne ront
ton,pr itself Above It's centre. aiIu fI,sf
tectoE cOnyexity, the thermostat rSsls SuSS
OF Is 30 contact points OF unequaI Ieils
oaSs through the porcelain CUP aiossa rrfrcrit
are attaSnts witch approaches closer to the ther
is designed to announce -. - !.
ieeneraIiy) connects with me esc cFebrcnbst e the
teiiPe aosnt connecting with the therrioslat at
"a degrees Fahrenheit gives the nIe alai al ~
say Aa abovs figures are the ones at which thsr-