The recent discovery of the cuttlefish in Florida may lead to some extremely interesting discoveries.
Horseless Fire-Engine.
A monster steam fire-engine is being built for the city of Boston, and it is to be a horseless engine.
For some time past the Fire Department has been seeking for some engine powerful enough to throw water to the top of the very high buildings—the skyscrapers, as they are called.
An ordinary engine is of very little use for these tall buildings. And an engine large and powerful enough to throw the water to the necessary height would be so heavy that no horses could draw it.
The difficulty has been met by the invention of this horseless engine, which will throw a two-inch stream of water over 300 feet into the air.
The engine is propelled much in the same way as a steam engine. The driver sits on a seat in front of the engine, and steers it by means of a wheel, and the engine is moved by steam.
When it arrives at the fire, the driving arrangement is disconnected, and all the energy of the steam is turned into the apparatus for forcing up the water.
The engine is sixteen feet long, seven feet wide, and ten feet high. How terrified the horses in the roads will be when this huge monster comes rushing toward them, spouting fire, and appearing to move of its own free will.
Lieutenant Wise and His Kite.