- Fire Extinguisher — 2021-08-09 21:05:28
…Fire Extinguisher :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="George_William_Manby.jpg" Who="George William Manby" width="360" birth_date="28 November 1765" birth_place="Denver" death_date="18 November 1854" death_place="Great Yarm…
…outh" }} === George William Manby 1813 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]:[[1800s]] Captain **George William Manby** was born 28 November 1765 in Denver, [[Norfolk]]. In **1813** Manby invented and patented the "**Extincteur**", the f…
… == Design == {{Image url="AntiqueFireExtinguisher.jpg" class="left" title="Antique Fire Extinguisher" width="100" }} Manby witnessed firemen struggling to put out a blaze on the top floors of a house fire in Edinburgh. It consisted of a coppe…