Inside Out Library

Scientific American, Vol. 25, No. 13 (1871) (1871)

leaf 0

An illustration from Scientific American, Vol. 25, No. 13 (1871), 1871, leaf 0
EMBER 23, 1871. la cet enee aa {NEW SERIES. ] [IN ADVANCE. ] extinguished, the valve, upon being turned back, will imme-! the small waste cock at the bottom of the receiver. Fire Extinguishing Apparatus, In a recent number we published an article on the impor- diately stop the supply of water, and… … suffice to extinguish almost any fire, and that without flood- is turned from the receiver, the valve is again opened, and | Norwich, Conn., Washburn & Co., and Jewett & Pitcher’s large ing or deluging the room with water. As soon as the fire is the water remaining in the pipes at once runs out…

Internet Archive · Public domain (published before 1931). Free to use for anything.

More pictures from Scientific American, Vol. 25, No. 13 (1871)

More like this