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Scientific American, Vol. 28, No. 10 (1873) (1873)

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fifty per cent of the average before its adoption. At Holyoke marvelous extinguishing power of the stream, is, in a large in our present systems should be in the direction of a greater the loss at three fires, in the five months previous to its in- proportion of instances, the putting out of the… … through the hose on ers,” which combine THE BABCOCK §ELF-ACTING FIRE TANK. every floor where a the points enumera- cock is opened. The agitator, I, is for stirring the fluid to is fairly started. Statistics prove that firesare, eight times ted, have made a splendid record, and in scores of…

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