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Show Ttf Mako Wood Flreproot If this could be cheaply and effectually effectual-ly done there are few improvements which would bo more largely conducive to the welfnreof mankind. The following follow-ing paragraph, therefore, which has been lately in circulation, may be fairly pronounced "important if true, and interesting in-teresting at any rate," It is stated that a New Englander has recently discovered discov-ered a cheap method of dissolving zinc by combining it with hydrogen and producing pro-ducing a solution called zino water. This liquid, if applied to certain woods, notably white wood, makes it absolutely fireproof, and at a low cost. Mr. Edward Ed-ward Atkinson, the Boston economist, in speaking of it at Cornell university, sayB he regards this discovery as one of the most important of the age, and one that will surely revolutionize fire Ineu- j ranee, as well as immensely decreaso the ; losses by lire. The invention is kept secret se-cret for the present. Only one foreign-1 j cr. Sir Lyon Play fair, the English scientist, scien-tist, knows of it. He corroborates all j that is claimed for tho invention, nnd says that the Inventor is a bungling j chemist, but that he has a faculty ol j blundering into the choicest secrets of nature's lalxratory. As soon aa patents are perfrrtod and capital interested, zinc water will liecomo un article of commerce. com-merce. Safety Valve, |