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SINCE London has had its experimental electric fire alarm in operation, a period of a few months only, there have been forty calls for fires and fourteen false alarms, all of the latter having their origin in the ignorance or cussedness of the people. The proportion of false to actual alarms has been very great, but a gradual improvement is reported. The police have arrested two persons for interfering with the alarm. One man was fined $25 for giving a false alarm, and only a few days ago a printer, who was probably drunk, was mulcted $10 for smashing a box. However, there is hope that the world’s metropolis will yet become civilized.
很少有发明更多有用的或盈利than Goodyear’s process of vulcanizing rubber. The uses of rubber are now innumerable, but it was only after many years of patient research that the crude material was adapted to manufacturing purposes. The New York Pelting and Packing company has issued an elegantly printed book giving the history of this valuable discovery and a sketch of the process of vulcanization. Rubber hose of various brands is used in a large number of our best Fire Departments. The Belting and Packing company’s factory is near Newton, Conn., and Charles Goodyear personally assisted in establishing the business.
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