Origin of fire extinguisher
Release time:
2022/01/10
The world's first fire extinguisher was created in London in 1834, when a fire almost completely destroyed the ancient Palace of Westminster, home to the Houses of Parliament. Among the many fire watchers was one man who did not sit around and watch the fire. He was George William Manby.
The world's first fire extinguisher was created in London in 1834, when a fire almost completely destroyed the ancient Palace of Westminster, home to the Houses of Parliament. Among the many fire watchers was one man who did not sit around and watch the fire. He was George William Manby. Manby was born in Norfolk and served in the army as a young man, rising to the rank of captain and commander of Yarmouth barracks, a sinecure that allowed him to devote himself to the cause of saving human lives that fascinated him so strongly. Early on, he was an avid shipwreck rescuer. He invented the trouser life buoy and was the first to suggest the use of lighthouse flashes to identify signals. Later, Manby turned his genius from ocean rescue to fire saving. He was experimenting with fire-resistant clothing when the fire broke out. His most remarkable first contribution was his invention of the portable compressed gas fire extinguisher, a copper cylinder two feet long, eight inches in diameter, with a four-gallon liter capacity, essentially the same as today's fire extinguishers. He kept fire extinguishers in his specially designed wheelbarrow, and he hoped to have patrols equipped with them to put out the first small fires at once, thus reducing the number of major ones
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