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invention when it was brought out, by the professional and 

 scientific press, and it seemed to be the almost unanimous 

 opinion that it was destined to revolutionise our present 

 stereotyped gas-fitting arrangements. It came into collision, 

 however, with many interests, and we regret to say the inven- 

 tion has not met with that recognition which its usefulness 

 and importance to the health of the community should have 

 commanded. 



The extraction of foul air from our dwellings and from the 

 cabins of ships is a matter of the first importance, but next 

 to it we may class the prevention of smoke. Mr. Boyle 

 has perfected an arrangement for this purpose, which is 

 simple and effective. It is no exaggeration to assert, that if 

 applied to every factory and steamer in the kingdom, the 

 atmosphere would not only be rendered purer and sweeter, 

 and smoke from these sources be a nuisance of the past, 

 bub a saving of many millions annually would be effected in 

 the cost of fuel, the arrangement having been proved by a 

 number of trials to be a valuable fuel economise!*. The 

 inventor holds testimonials and reports fully confirming 

 this statement. 



Mr. Boyle, we are informed, has also a process which, if 

 applied to the steel manufactures of Sheffield only, would, 

 according to his calculations, effect a saving of over a million 

 annually on the cost of production, a superior quality of steel 



