A 300-year-old fire engine pump from Yorkshire could unlock secrets of how the heart works, according to a new study. The research team peered back in time to study the British technology behind ...

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I is the pump for supplying the boiler with water ... We think this a simple and convenient form of steam fire engine, and admirably adapted from eight to ten minutes, and this can be maintained ...

Samuel Phillips was making fire engines by 1760 and in 1797 the firm became Phillips and Hopwood. The company would also have made pumps for other purposes. The engine bears the date 1774.

“Why is the new fire engine important? We ask these firefighters to go into a burning building (and) in some cases, it’s 1,000 degrees inside. If the fire pump stops working, guess what ...