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Fire Proof Buildings

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Parent Issue
Day
22
Month
September
Year
1845
Copyright
Public Domain
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Jf rxpprionce nou ri mnkn mnkind wiser, it i'ouid fwn thnt the vnst fimonnls of proprtr innunlly rWtroyju] by ronfliieraiionH would nduce thf owneri of btiiUIinffa to srck for 'omo m(t!iod of ronáfrinLr thrm inrnrnhiioti1p !y ihe chtapef pnp?ih!s prncens. Were inrhalfthfi limo, knowlndfi. potience nnd 'xpense now npplietl i;i f ryin(? to disrorcr lew nnñ inore effoctitnl mofles of killmgf man;iniï, pmplnypd in Tevisinp mons to pove tlieir iweüincrs f' om (icpfnictin, vr plionld npTr ïcrir of siicli rntnsirnplies aa have befel iiobec nn.l Nw York.It is pnn i bat in Entjlnnd au kinds of vooi e rendored incn mb{tible liy n Wtphi'ip icmicnl procope; hut theknowlrdffc of it doei t ficrm to Iinvfí come nrrnsn the. wnter. In ci'ies nnrl villowps, conflaynfionst nre ita'lv extended inrvst hy the rnofs of buildgs lakirgr fire. Ifencp tlie ditcovery of nny ienp moans ofronfing buildings in nn incom istihlo rnnnnpr wili he n prent pablic bontfit. he Pliilndi-lpliin Leger Ims a cothnmnicnniion yinr that (tvo gentlemen of thnt Stato ive invcn'ed a new mpihod of roofing hoiifes, o-e durnble thnn fhingrles. álate or tin, as illinnt f erlnsn, f re proof ond water proof, d, tituo, yellow, rreen. or nr.y oiher color int mny hc dcFired; n. non conductor of rlecicity, a reflector of Jieat; chenper than tin, jhler than slate: bengr vilrified, it is almoit destructible by time or weathcr and so eai pnt on tlinf the Inrgest roofenn be coverI in a single d;iy, if desired. It requirra :ry litile dccent; a roof oovered with this aterial mny be ronde ns flat as nny tin roof, ithout the least dangcr of lenkinp. Nothg fhort of actual violence will i.njiue it.- Ijonld it come into fenernl nse, our citiea ill outshine the Kremlin of Moscow. When house with a piale roof is on fire, the latei f so tbat firemen are in great dnnger, shonld ley come nnar it; bul this article having issed throngh the fire in the procese of man nctnre, is not. linble to this objection; itt irability is euch thnt it will last as long ai e houKc.''

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