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FIRE SAFETY => Portable Firefighting Equipment => Topic started by: Dinnertime Dave on February 10, 2014, 11:12:59 PM
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According to radio 2 the fire extinguisher was invented this day in 1863.
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Actually it was Captain George William Manby in 1813 who invented the first portable pressure operated extinguisher, an air pressurised copper cylinder containing 3 gallons of pearl ash (potassium carbonate) solution.
1866 saw the patenting of the first Soda Acid (tartaric, not sulphuric) extinguisher by a Frenchman, don't know about 1863!
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Tony, I did not know you were French, but can I say I hate your onion soup
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Actually it was Captain George William Manby in 1813 who invented the first portable pressure operated extinguisher, an air pressurised copper cylinder containing 3 gallons of pearl ash (potassium carbonate) solution.
1866 saw the patenting of the first Soda Acid (tartaric, not sulphuric) extinguisher by a Frenchman, don't know about 1863!
Wow - you need to get out more. I only quoted Chris Evans on Radio 2 because I was stuck in traffic. I now feel I have to apologise for my lack of knowledge.