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Protection of Persons from Fire. — 117 
The metallic envelope must remain at a distance from that of the 
amianthus. When the latter is once heated it becomes dangerous. 
A fireman’s hand was considerably burnt by carrying a red hot iron, 
although he did not announce the accident. 
The commissioners are of opinion that the apparatus ought to re- 
ceive some modifications in order to render the use of it prompt, safe, 
and easy. 
The metallic armor should be rendered more flexible, and the 
means of putting it on and off more easy. 
Other needful changes are pointed out, which it is presumed that 
the well established and enlightened zeal of firemen will in due time 
effect, to the benefit of science in an object which interests in a high 
degree the happiness of men. 
The report commends in strong terms the zeal and benevolence 
of the inventor, and recommends the special appropriation of a fund 
tothe further perfection of the apparatus—and also a reward to the 
first fireman, who, equipped in the new dress, shall preserve persons 
or property from the imminent danger of a rapid conflagration. 
new experiment on the 3d of November was still more satis- 
factory, the firemen having acquired greater confidence in their safety. 
The fourth report, also from GavuLTIER DE CxiauBry, made to 
the Societé d’Encouragement pour l’Industrie Nationale, consists 
chiefly of a recapitulation of the facts and experiments, which have 
€en before detailed. 
An account of the firemen of Paris. 
The city of Paris has been protected against fires only since 1696. 
In the reign of Louis XIV, thirteen engines were provided. In 
1722 the king extended the number to thirty, and created the corps 
28 (garde-pompes,) engine keepers, which has been successively in- 
“reased. In 1811 it received a military organization, and in 1821 
king decreéd that this corps should constitute a part of the army. 
hecorps of firemen is composed of four companies of one hundred 
and fifty four men. It supplies thirty two posts in the city and thirteen 
theatres. Each post or station has one or more engines; and ina very 
time a great number of men and engines can be collected, and a 
fire never extends its ravages beyond the house in which it takes. The 
remain entire with their wooden partition, and it is very rare 
