Richard Newsham
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Richard Newsham (died 1743) was an English inventor. In 1721 he took out a patent on the first American fire engine pump. The engine had two single-acting pumps and an air vessel placed in a tank which formed the frame of the machine. The pumps were worked by two men at the long cross handles. At the front of the engine, protected by a sheet of horn and a door, were directions for keeping the machine in order.[1] The cistern could hold about 170 US gallons (640 L) of water pumping up to 100 US gallons (380 L) a minute.[2] New York City imported its first two fire engines from Newsham in 1731.[3] In 1737 Newsham made a manual fire pump for the Parish of Bray in Berkshire.
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- ^ "Science and Society Picture Library - Search". http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?image=10288335&wwwflag=2&imagepos=2. Retrieved 2007-01-17.
- ^ "On TV : A CARography : Fire Engines:Powerful Pumpers (303) : Fine Living". http://www.fineliving.com/fine/making_the_mark/episode/0,1663,FINE_1412_23171,00.html. Retrieved 2007-01-17.
- ^ "New York City Fire Museum - Education and Fire Safety". http://www.nycfiremuseum.org/education/history/chapter2.php. Retrieved 2007-01-17.
