Mono Monday...1722

A very interesting challenge this week, inventions from the 18th century. I had a look through a list and picked the 'fire extinguisher' simply because there is one attached to the wall of my next door neighbour's house .. .
 In 1722, The first automatic fire extinguisher of which there is any record was patented in England by French C. Hopffer, a celebrated chemist. Before 1722, if a fire broke out at a business, it would be a case of fetching a good old-fashioned bucket of water. It consisted of a cask of fire-extinguishing liquid containing a pewter chamber of gunpowder. This was connected with a system of fuses which were ignited, exploding the gunpowder and scattering the solution.
Who knew!!
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