Historical origins of Fire extinguishers

The world's first fire extinguisher was born in London in 1834, a fire almost completely burned down the old Westminster Palace, the seat of the British Parliament building. Among the many who see the fire, there is one who is not idle to watch the fire scene, he is George William Mamby. Mambi was born in Norfolk, the Youth Army, the officer to the captain, Ninya Portsmouth Barracks, the governor, this sinecure enable him to devote time to the strong attraction of his life-saving cause. Earlier, he was eager to rescue the boat, he invented the trousers-shaped life buoy, is also the first to use a lighthouse shone identification signal. Later, Mambi turned his genius from Ocean Rescue to fire-saving career. He was experimenting with a fire suit when the fire broke out. His most pioneering contribution was his invention of a portable compressed gas extinguisher, a two-foot-long, eight-inch, four-gallon copper cylinder, which is basically the same as today's fire extinguisher. He placed the fire extinguisher in his specially designed wheelbarrow, and he hoped that a patrol with such a fire extinguisher would be put out at the point of fire, to reduce the number of major fires.