. Railroad record, and journal of commerce, banking, manufactures and statistics . by turpentine, orremoved by the knife, unless a hole is made inthe place thus practiced on; by its character-istic feel, a peculiar crispness and toughness,which those accustomed to handle it distinguishthe true notes instantly; the wire or watermark, which is produced on the paper when inthe state of pulp, and which is easily distin-guished from a mark stamped on after thepaper is completed; the three deckle edges—the mould contains two notes placed length-wise, which are separated by a knife at a futurestage o
. Railroad record, and journal of commerce, banking, manufactures and statistics . by turpentine, orremoved by the knife, unless a hole is made inthe place thus practiced on; by its character-istic feel, a peculiar crispness and toughness,which those accustomed to handle it distinguishthe true notes instantly; the wire or watermark, which is produced on the paper when inthe state of pulp, and which is easily distin-guished from a mark stamped on after thepaper is completed; the three deckle edges—the mould contains two notes placed length-wise, which are separated by a knife at a futurestage of the process—this deckle or woodenframe of the paper mould producing the peculiareffect seen on edges of uncut paper, and thisedging, being caused when the paper is in astate of pulp, preludes any successful imitationafter the paper is made; also by the strengthof the paper, which is made from new linen andcotton. The Bank of England never re-issuesa note. It issues only new notes, and no notebelow £5. RAILROAD RECORD 559 A. B. LATTAS STEAM EIRE EF&XFES, THIRD The above cut represents one of A. B. Lattas3rd class Steam Fire Engines. This machine isvery different in its construction to some of thosebuilt by the Latta Brothers heretofore, it ismuch improved in style and compactness, aswell as convenience. This Machine is calculated to be drawn byhand, as any hand engine is drawn, or by twohorses, who are capable of drawing it anywherethrough a city. It is now reduced to a certainty that everycity in the Union is to use steam for extinguish-ing fires. After nearly five years experiencehere, no one doubts the entire reliability of thesemachines. The wonder to us, is, why othercities have been burning so much property upand have been so slow to take hold, while others are now using and ordering more of these Iengines. It is rather strange that since A. B. Lattabuilt his first Steam Fire Engine, in 1852, tha1,so many others have attempted to get them up,but all have fai
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