B. M. COOMBS'S BOXES, PROOF AGAINST FIRE. 



NOTICING has occupied the attefition of the scientific world more de- 

 servedly than the means to be adopted to prevent the dreadful efFects 

 ct'Fire; various experiments have been tried to discover a compound which 

 shall form a barrier to this^destructive element. Afrcr much elaborate 

 itudy, and many experiments in the strongest heat of a Baker's Oven, 

 where this indestructible compound has resisted the intense heat, and 

 proved an effectual security against its ravages, 



B. M. Coombs, the Inventor and Manufacturer of the Fire-proof 

 JDekd and Cash Boxes, most respectfully communicates to the Public, 

 that his boxes are onstructed' with double frames and hollow sides, top, 

 and bottom ; the vacuum of which, is filled with this inestimable chemical 

 compound, which renders them the only security ibr the preservatic/ of 

 Valuable Documents, Books, Writings, and Family Phtte, 5cc. against 

 Fire. 



The present and expensive mode of fitting up offices of Professional 

 Gentlemen has attracted the notice of B, M. C'X)mbs, who will undertake 

 to fit up the same apartrpent ^at half the usual expense, without wooden 

 frames or shelves, on a new plan, with the front doors to drop, or open as 

 closets: by this mode, every bundle of writings is seen without moving 

 the whole, and it mo^t completely secures the writings from dust, ver» 

 m'ln. Sec. 



The numerous attempts and daily advertisements that are obtruded on 

 the Public notice in imitation of Coombs's valuable discovery, under the 

 denomination of Fire-proof Boxes, render it absolutely nect-ssary for the 

 Inventor earnestly to solicit h candid and impartial inspection. 



Professional Gentlemen are respectfully informed, that a much larger 

 ;issortment of Tin and Iron Deed Boxes are kept on sale, than at any 

 house in Loiidon, at reduced pricei. 



A general and extensive assortment of Kitchen Ranges, and Stoves of 

 every description, Fenders, Fire-irons, :'nd Kitchen Furniture, in Copper,- 

 Iron, Tin, &c. 



Boxes and Cases made to order at a few hours' notice, 



WAREHOUSE, No. 66, HIGH HOLBORN, 

 Four doors from Red Lion Street, opposite Great Turnstile, London. 



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