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Show An Electric Fire Pump. A successful test was recently made in Rouen, France, of an electric fire pump invented by the captain of the fire company of that town. This pump is so small that only a very light two-wheeled cart with one horse is necessary to transport it. The dynamo is so constructed as to be run by a' current from the street car or electric light wires, and is brought into contact with them by means of a hooked pole or rod. The pump furnishes a pressure capable of throwing throw-ing a jet of water with a force equal to that of a steam pump to a height of over one hundred feet. It also has the advantage of being placed quickly in action wherever there is an electric elec-tric cm-rent. For this operation, it took only three minutes in the experiment, experi-ment, whereas to get a steam pump up to the same pressure takes fourteen four-teen minutes. |