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TESTIMONIALS.

“ Manchester, Jan. 20th. 1842.

“We, the undersigned, havingwitnessed the testing of one ofMilners’new patent fire-resistingboxes, by its being exposed tothe action of an open fire ofwood and seven hundredweightof coals, for the space of onehour and a half, do hereby ex-press our conviction that theirnew patent boxes afford a per-fect security in all cases of

ordinary fires. The box was filled with miscellaneous papers, anold ledger , and the deed on which this certificate was written,with ike seal attached. On opening the same, after it had beentaken out of the fire, its contents were found to be preserved, andeven the seal attached to the above deed was not in the slightestdegree injured .”

[Here follow eight signatures.]

“ In the fire beside this box, the contents of a fire-proof boxof another make were consumed.”

It appears “ an oldledger ” was put in thissafe, which most likelywas bound either in lea-ther or forril. This,with the other contents,“and even the seal ” ofwax, were “ not in theslightest degree injured.”

<r Durham , 25th January, 1841.

“ We, the undersigned, havingthis day witnessed the testingof one of Milners’ Patent Fire-resisting Boxes, by its havingbeen exposed to the action of anopen fire of wood and coals forthe space of an hour, do herebyexpress our conviction that the

The remarks previous-ly made will apply to thisand all the following tes-timonials, as all the lat-ter state the same thing,viz., that the parchmentand wax seals were inevery case preserved un-

of chemical non-conductors, together with water, which, in case of fire,by its gradual conversion into vapour, has a powerful influence in reducingheat.”