S.A§* WINDOWS ON A NEW CONSTRUCTION. l^g 



A new Methxid' of donstrttctirig Suih Windows^ so as to be 

 cleaned or repaired withovt the necessity of any Person 

 going on the outside of the House : by G. MaRSH.vll, iVoi 

 15, Cecil Court, St, Martin's Lane*. 



SIR, 



jIN consequence of the numerous accidents, which occur Accidents 

 from cleaning and painting the outside of windows, 1 beg ^^?^'^'^'"'"5 

 leave to submit to the inspection of the Society a model of quent. 

 a sash-window, which, if it meets their approbation, and be- 

 comes generally adopted, will, I think, save the life of 

 many a fellow-creature; because the present mode of clean- 

 ing or painting the outside of windows is j^enerally done by 

 persons leaning out of the window, or getting upon a plank, 

 or some other convenience made for the pui pose, and pro- 

 jecting on the outside of the house; hence, from careless- 

 ness and inattention, many fatal accidents have occurred, 

 and the services of many persons lost to their families and 

 the public. One instance of this kind happened about 

 three weeks ago to a man, who was standing on a board 

 cleaning the outside of a window, when, the board giving 

 T/ay, as frequently happens, the man was precipitated, and 

 impaled upon the spikes of the iron pales, which endosed 

 the area below, whence he was conveyed to the hospital 

 with no hopes of recovery. This unhappy man, I was in- 

 formed, had a large family depending upon him for sub- 

 sistence. 1 was :so shocked with the circumstance, that I 

 was not easy tiU I had made the model, which I thought 

 would be the means of preventing similar accidents. This 

 model I beg leave to lay before the Society, -aw^ if it should Contrivance to 

 be so fortunate as to meet with their encouragement, 1 will P^e^entthn. 

 receive any , donation from them with thankfulness, and 

 have no doubt that it will be found to possess many ad- 

 vantages. In appearanct, it resembles a common sash, and 

 the upper oi lower 8heet;may be moved up and down in a 



•Trins. of the Soc. of A^s, Ac.', vol, 'XXVIII, p.- 200. Fiftwh 

 guineas were vot^d to Mr MmshalJ. 



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