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jectipg end, the plain end of the rope is 
to be dropped, vr thrown down to any 
person on the outside to take hold of, and 
to lower down the person to be rescued. 
Persons to be rescued have only to slip 
the neose over the head and shoulders, so 
as to draw the noose close just under their 
“arms, and getting out of the window; 
any other person or persons below, or 
remaining in the room, having hold of 
the other end of the rope, may lower them 
down in safety; and then if more are to 
be rescuad from the same floor, the noose 
is to be hauled up again, and the same 
process to be repeated as often as ne- 
cessary. The small line fastened to the 
noose, is for the purpose of drawing the 
suspended person clear away from theside, 
of the building when. found needfal. 
When there are several péople thus to be 
saved, those who remain in the room may 
lower down the others; those first down 
“may then lower the rest, and a mode- 
rately active person would find no difhi- 
culty in lowering himself down, more 
especially if the small end of the rope is 
again reeved through another hole or 
two, provided for the purpose in the 
sloping bar. 
For the External Fire-escape or 
‘machine, for moving from house to 
house, the following description will an- 
swer, The instrument is formed on the 
same principle, though it may be-vari- 
ously shaped, made of iron or other me- 
tal to he fixed on the end of a pole, of a 
length proportionate to the height of 
houses in the neighbourhood, so that it 
shall reach and rest upon, clasp or take 
hold of, any window-cill it shall be ele- 
vated to. At the upper or projecting 
end outwards, there are to be two holes 
with a rope reeved or run threugh them, 
exactly the same as the one described 
for the chamber fire-escape. One end 
of the pole is to be fitted and fastened 
into the socket of the fire-escape, by 
which the fire-escape machinery may be 
raised full as readily as a Jadder, furnish- 
ing a similar means of escape from with- 
out, as that of the chamber fire-escape 
from within. The lower part of the pole 
miay be divided by a joint, so as to strad- 
dle and stand firm, and these legs may 
be gpened more or less by a line to 
heighten or lower the fire-escape at the 
top, to suit the place to which it is to be 
raised ; er two poles may be madeto slide 
ene up by the other, until the upper end 
having the fire-escapé can be lodged on 
its destined siiuation ; or it may be made 
jn other ways to suit particular situations. 
Audéther external Fire-éscape, is on a 
‘New Patents lately enrolled. 
joint, or bolt that secures the sets toge- 
[Nov. 1, . 
different construction, formed on the 
principle of the idler or lazy tongs; it is _ 
made of bamboo canes, or deal, or other 
wood, or metal, in slips of any even 
lengths, according to the size and eleva= 
tion intended; five double lengths, or — 
more or less, or‘ten pieces of eight feet 
long each, or any other length, are to be 
bolted in pairs together in the centre of — 
each length, but so as to work easy on 
those bolts. The ends of each adjoining 
pair are likewise to be bolted together, 
one pair to another, until the five pairor 
other number thus bolted together, lie — 
edge-ways One over the other. There 
must be twoor more sets, or rows, ofthese 
bolted pairs of bamboos, slips of wood, or 
metal. These two or more sets are to 
be secured together, at any required 
distance, by bolts the length of such dis- 
tance. To the four corners or upper end, 
a canvas or netting may be fastened, or 
aslight platform, which thus forms a tep, 
to be raised up to the windows of houses, 
where people are to be rescued, or help — 
is wanted to be sent up to the chambers. 
The lower or bottom ends of the bam- 
boos, or slips of wood, or metal, are’ to 
be fitted to and re-t upon the bottom of 
a case, fixed on four wheels like a truck — 
to move readily to any place when ~ 
wanted. Until the platform or top is re- — 
quired to be raised to any window; the 
whole of these double rows, or sets of 
bamboos, or slips of wood, or metal 
bolted together to form one piece of ma 
chinery, will lie down cluse in the case, 
not exceeding two feet in height. But 
when a force is applied to raise the ma 
chinery, it will extend to a height not 
exceeding thirty feet, raising the platform 
or canvas, or netting top,either to receive 
any person from out of a window, or con- 
vey any person up to give ready aid of 
any kind, By raising the lower middle 
ther, between three and four feet from 
the bottom of the case, the top will be 
elevated more than thirty feet; a great- 
er or less number of lengths giving a 
greater or less height. The power to be 
applied for raising the lower joint, or 
bolts may be various; it may be by the 
common rack and pinion-wheel of the 
timber jack, or by a lever, or by a com- 
mon pulley, or by a rope round a roller, 
worked by a tooth anil pinion-wheel with 
awinch handle. In either way the rais- 
ing and lowering of the platform, or can- — 
vas, or netting top, is performed with the 
greatest celeritv, by which people or 
goods may be saved; and may be applied — 
to various other good purposes, + 
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