320 Notice of Sketches of Naval Life. 
Hence it is evident, that the following are among the most 
material advantages of seat s Rotative Fire Engine, over 
all others hitherto invented, v 
They are more simple in heir SORENSON more durable, 
and less liable to get out of ord 
The number of hands necessary to work them does not ex- 
ceed one half. 
They are proof, with proper care, against the effects of 
rost. 
. The column of water is more condensed, and consequently 
strikes with mor 
And last, sheng oh not least in the estimation of the wise 
and prudent, is can be furnished for half the expense. 
Prices—No. 1. Discharging one barrel per minute, fifty feet high, oe. 
feet distant or through the hose, each one penapee at dt bar 
plain, an a plain m ounting, four men, $ extra finish, 
No. 2. Discharging from two to three bes per minute, sty feet bees 
pinaty fe avs distant; or through the hose, each one hundred re olutions, 
four els; ight men; plain, = id plain mounting 
‘0. 3. Dieharying about one h roa pathonn fe per minute, ae feet high, 
6 and Git peri ms — ndred revolutions, about 
one hundred and Pte a ain mounting, $250. 
No. 4. With Tae of the size o No.8. 3, ut oT etih ta pan mos raphe and 
ing, $278 throats, wing more water; twelve men; plain, and plain mount- 
ing, 
nae Equ ual in power to the — used by the Corporation of the city 
of New York, and discharging the same quantity, $400. 
No. 11. Dise harging double the quantity of the best engines in the city of 
— — 
three times the quantity of the best engines now in 
cy s 1 the i Gael Sak $1000. a net 
ntermediate numbers, not named, in the same proportion. Force-pumps, 
for the supply of wn villages and mannfaetories, will be charged at about 
above. Suctions for Nos 152s oat a, will be 
charged at $100 poner No. 7, g125——for No. 11, $150-_for No. 20. $200, 
Remarks and extracts by the Editor. 
Tue intellectual history of this country is becoming more 
more interesting ; its science and its literature are 
a with rapid steps, and it is no longer true, as be- 
