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Popnlar Science Monthly 



A party which was persuaded to go joy-riding through 

 a coal mine in a Ford. The trip was a great success 



What Won't a Ford Do If 

 Properly Coaxed ? 



THE Ford's latest performance is 

 turning mole and going grubbing in a 

 coal mine. Dr. David Roy Nelson was the 

 pioneer who coaxed his car into the Mon- 

 arch Mine, at Monarch, Wyoming, and 

 then had it photographed standing in 

 the "Great Black Way." 



When Your Clothes 

 Catch Fire 



KEENLY realizing and 

 sympathizing with 

 the world-wide demand for 

 some really efficient but 

 simple fire-extinguishing 

 apparatus which 

 can be placed 

 within reach of 

 people who care- 

 lessly allow their 

 clothing to come 

 in contact with 

 flame, James 

 O'Loughlin has 

 devised and pat- 

 ented an ar- 

 rangement which resembles 

 a portable shower-bath. 

 As the apparatus has not 

 yet been placed upon the 

 market, we are not prf- 

 pared to publish warm 



If you're on fire connect 

 yourself with the faucet 



testimonials from highly satisfied 

 and more or less scorched custo- 

 mers. 



The apparatus consists of 

 three hollow perforated rings, 

 connected by means of a flexible 

 hose to a convenient kitchen 

 faucet. To the smaller ring is 

 fastened an asbestos curtain or 

 garment and hood which is in- 

 tended to" envelop the body. 

 The entire apparatus is collap- 

 sible, and when not in use is 

 stored away in a cabinet fast- 

 ened to the kitchen wall. 



Here is the advice that Mr. 

 O'Loughlin would have you fol- 

 low when your clothes catch fire: 

 Go at once to the extinguisher 

 cabinet. Pay no attention to 

 your burning garment. In fact 

 let it burn with impunity. If you have 

 time, sneer at the flames in contempt! 

 Press the release button of the cabinet. 

 The doors open. Remove the perforated 

 rings. This automatically starts the 

 flow of water. Place the large ring on the 

 floor with its perforations facing upward. 

 This is very important. Stand yourself 

 in the center of the ring. Whatever the 

 flames have been doing in the meantime 

 does not matter. This in- 

 vention is not concerned 

 with the action of fire, but 

 only with the method of 

 extinguishing it. It is im- 

 portant to keep your mind 

 on the task at hand; 

 otherwise you may find it 

 necessary to allow the fire 

 to burn 



Perforations itself OUt, 



which 

 would 

 not be 

 quite as 

 enjoy- 

 able as 

 bathing 

 it out. 



The smaller ring to which 

 is attached the hood and 

 cloak is thrust over the 

 head and to rests on the 

 shoulders. The cloak now 

 unfurls and drops over 

 the ring on the floor. 



