but also, among
1. the prizes
enumerated at
this sheet, more
especially
the heading of The Iris Grand Prize of £250 at the Crystal Palace Competition in 1863 & the First Prize of £75 at Cologne in 1866
need mention
As well as
The advantage derived from using the fire-engine
are so apparent that they hardly
great quantity of water they discharge & the force with which it is thrown, whilst working:
mere nominal expense. The entire absence of a crowd so that
the firemen can perform
their duties
without interruption, &
delivering water direct to the hose, when the water-supply is
at some distance
from
the fire,
should be duly considered.
I should
inform you
that
S.J. Ray
London
675
when
are extensively used in large Towns, by the British, Spanish, Belgian, Russian, Dutch governments, & by Town Fire Brigades in Holland, Spain, Russia, Belgium,
Prussia
United States, South America, Rhodes Island, East & West Indies, Manilla
They
are
simple, easy to manage,
being furnished
with instructions
which any ordinary person
can understand
2 men are required,
one driver & one stoker, & when these are
familiar with the machine
one person alone can
attend to it
to work at a high speed
large
are not required
the pumps
have long strokes so that a
large quantity of water is obtained whilst