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box burst from the great heat conveyed to each, while thepatentees’ chest firmly stood the test for two-and-a-half hours.When it was opened, everything was taken out in such a perfectand uninjured state as to surprise and astonish all present.In a second furnace of similar construction was deposited

Milners’ Double Bankers’ Safe.Wendon, the representative ofS. H. Cowell, Esq., and W. D.Sims, Esq., with the followingarticles, namely, the half of a£100 note, several copies ofvarious publications, including abeautifully illustrated edition of“ Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” a casketof jewellery, with gold and sil-ver watches belonging to Mr.Read, jeweller, of this town ; agold watch belonging to Mr.Dorling, a silver watch belong-ing to Mr. D. Wendon, a silverwatch belonging to Mr. Baker,and others, the property of gen-tlemen present, with which wasalso a box containing severalmetals, to try the heat within,consisting of bitumen, iron, lead,zinc, by a scientific gentlemanpresent. This safe was allowedto remain five hours, duringwhich time every exertion wasmade to increase the heat, thefire being superintended by fourof Messrs. Ransome’s men, and1 tons of coal, 50 cwt. offirewood, four large and three

After being filled by Mr. D.T. Milner and Son, assisted by

When a half-note isdeposited it is an evi-dence of doubt as to thecapability of a safe topreserve it from destruc-tion. All the newly pub-lished works, like “ UncleTom’s Cabin,” are inva-riably bound in cloth,which, as previouslystated, is not in the leastinjured by the steam—it being identical withcalico, and is a vegetableproduction. Bitumen orasphaltum melts at thetemperature of boilingwater, and therefore theremarks made relative tosealing wax equally applyto this mineral. Why isnot the result to this andthe iron, lead, and zinc