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Scientific American, Vol. 40, No. 7 (February 1879) (1879)

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tus, and the mercury is in FIRE AND WATER INDICATOR. R. K. Teller. communication with the battery wires, the whole being ar- We illustrate herewith a novel fire and water indicator and ranged so that the rising of the mercury beyond the pre- alarm, which is the invention of Col. A. Gerard. It was '… … in the bumper, is prevented from being raised out of its ried through flush from end to end; it is double riveted, and AUTOMATIC SAFETY APPARATUS. bearings in the act of coupling or uncoupling, and is never- is lagged and felted and covered with plate iron and banded theless adapted to be quickly…

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