The chemist and druggist, 15. September 1859
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NOVELTIES. Safety Match.—We have recently had brought under our notice, by Mr. W, Twinberrow, of Edward-street, Porfeman-square, a match fully deserving its title, as, rub it on the roughest surface, it will not ignite, but by only slightly touching it on the part prepared for that pur- pose, it ignites instantly. The price is very little in advance of the ordinary match, a box of about 100 being retailed for l\d. Medical Inhaler.—Messrs. Godfrey and Cooke have recently introduced an improved pattern. Its superiority consists in the ease and effect with which any vapour can be inhaled and regularly maintained as a remedial agent, without the undue effort Avhich is required in the ordinary Inhaler. The apparatus is portable and convenient, with the advantage of being extremely simple in its use. The Inhaler is of metal, Avith a suitable mouth-piece and handle which can be detached at pleasure. It has a perforated compartment for the remedy, which, if liquid, is to be placed on the small sponge contained therein, At the lower part of the Inhaler is a space for a larger sponge, which is to be saturated with boiling water, and which can be accomplished without removing the sponge—by simply dipping the instrument into boiling water from time to time, to keep up the necessary supply of vapour. Retail price, 15s. each. To the Trade, lis. Screw-necxbd, Air-tight Capsuled Bottles.—Bett's Patent.—These differ from the bottle known as the York Glass Company's Patent only in the cap. Bett's caps are made of his patent white metal; the outer thread of the screw is milled to improve its appearance. The caps may be had in various colours for a Very small extra charge per gross. We under- stand the Patentee purposes placing them on the market at a price that will bring them largely into use—the three-ounce wide mouth at something under 4s. per dozen; but his arrangements not being completed, we are unable to give further particulars at present. Feeding Bottles.—In these there has latterJy been a perfect rush of novelties, each being announced as superior to its predecessors. We mention the following:—Mr. Elam's, to retail at 7s. Gd.; Mr. Cooper's, certainly very sightly, and spoken highly of by the Medical Jour- nals, also to retail at 7s. 6(/.; Mr. O'Connell's, an exceedingly ingenious invention, and quite novel, retails from 5s. to 10s. Gd. each, according to finish, &c; Mr. S. Maw's, made in con- junction with Brcvitt's patent bottles, and retailing at 2s. Gd. each; this, from ocular demonstration, we should say has had much the largest sale ; Mr. Knott's, to retail at Is. 6c?. merely of plain glass, but under a new form ; and last, though not least, Mr. Edwards' Cornucopean, very highly spoken of, but not yet brought before the public. This gentleman uses the same patent for feeding invalids, giving nauseous medicines, drenching horses, Sec. A New Process of Manufacturing Friction Matches, which renders them entirely harmless to those who make them and those who use them, is the discovery of a Swede. By subjecting phosphorus to a high temperature for several days, red phosphorus, which is inno- cuous, is produced. The only objection to the use of this phosphoric preparation in matches is, that it does not ignite readily; but to overcome this difficulty, a highly combustible material, chlorate of potash, was proposed to mix with it. But as this was dangerous to the workman, —for by bringing the two together a violent explosion might be caused,—the discoverer applies the chlorate upon the matches, and the phosphorus upon the friction surface, which answers every purpose, and thereby secures a match that is in no way dangerous, even in the hands of the careless. , II. B. Ede and Co. are introducing for the autumn several novelties, amongst which we may mention,—new lip-salve boxes made to imitate bigaroon cherries, and apples ; these are made of vegetable ivory, so artistically painted, that some which we have seen mixed With the natural fruit puzzled us to know which was which.—Caps for prestons, made of pressed glass in divers colours, in which the objection of discolouration by the chemical action of the salts is obviated.—A purified benzole, Avhich has overcome the objection to that useful fluid, viz., its unpleasant smell; we understand that this article is produced from benzoic by the action of sulphuric acid, and only realises ten gallons of the rectified spirit from 100 gallons of benzole; the refuse is, we believe, principally used for common black varnish, such as is used in foundries, &c. From the apparently increasing prevalence of Hernia in this country, (especially amongst our manufacturing population), and the consequent large demand for Trusses, &c, we feel wo ou::ht not to pass by unnoticed any new idea or principle introduced claiming superiority over the present contrivances. We have just seen a new Truss, patented by a London maker, named Lindscy, that is certainly novel in some respects, and simple. The plan seems to be a belt, without steel, and a plate, with somewhat of a Coles' spring. The plate fitting both the Ilernia-rings and the Pubic region with a regulatablc pressure for recent cases. Our inventive neighbours in Paris have just published a very ingenious novelty in the shape of transparent labels ; when fixed on bottles or any transparent objects, these have a very pretty cllect ; we observe that they are already adopted by several leading firms, including Gosnell and Co., Bobson and {Soul, It. B. Ede and Co., &c.