The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1822-12-04
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the proportion OF Is pss,s of tho f.st aud ss
psrts oi the latisi, IN every 100 psrts. II APP
pears impossible 10 unite these Two gase> in
sny Other proportion in the formation Of wa.
ter. As water does no, permit any properly
OF oxygen or hydrogen 10 be perceived, pS
doubt they combine al point, at which their
reciprocal affinity exers is gfcatew effect
they msy then be compared 10 q neutrsi salt,
in which the acid and alkaline properties hav.
equally become ls,eni. Ws,es contains vast
quantity Of caloric. OF Gro. Tske any qusn,i-
~ OF ice or snow % deg. and mix |, with az
slasl weigh, of water heated TO l72 deg.
The snow will Immediately rpel,, and the
.cmpsrature will remain W 81 deg. Here
the water is cooled lao deg. while that OF 'h-
snow is not increased ct pll. The hea has
combined with the ice or snow 70 render ir
huld, but has not increased its Temperature.
Wate, then, st.es being cooled down 10 60
deg. cannot freeze ill il has parted with l4o
degrees of heat. Apd ice aster being .ea,sd
10 So deg. which Is the ire eezing point. cannot
melt ill il has ob,o,bed i4o deg. more Of
c.iosie. There can be no doubt, then, that
water owes ns naIdiny 10 its int:nt caoric
and that It's csloric of huidiiy is I4o deg.
Vapor is ws,et combined wuh q still greater
quantity OF cslotic. However long we boil
water in an crsn vessel, we csnnot make IL
any hotter than the boiling point. Let this
iaCi bs Remembered. There arc many cooks
who think tina, they facIiitste their culinaY
operations by incteasing Tho Gre under ths'r
utensils this 10 q mistake when water bc:!s
they &c, sli tho advantages Of heat, and may
save much wood by knowing this fact. When
srrived a, the boiliog point or 2l2 degrees,
HE csorie combines with the steam which
carries II off ss last as u is generated.
II is the expoosive iorce of steam or water
when su,charged with cslo,ic. tho motion.
called boiling 10 10 be sscribed. The decon-
positeh of water, by sslvsnism or electricity
which produces an intense heat, clearly shows
| that there is point o, which water cannot
exist but in which il Is reduced 10 its two o-
| riginal elscHenls. This mus appear Obvious
10 evs,y Que who has regarded the cvspoea-
Ion OF water when boiling, rs II escapes -
Invisible ioemi hence tho phrase oi ",he pos
boiling dawn"
Water IL partially dseomposed in casks on
long voyages. The wood combines with it's
clemens, forming among o,hcr impurities
earbonst,i hydrogen; hsote The di,agrecabe
tas'e and smell. This ,s one OF the evils we
complain OF 10 this ci,y, sod one that sm
moss snxious should be speedily removed by
substituting cast iron pipes for tho wood
ones, through which the water is con-
veyed.
Nsture appears 10 have other methods of
decomposing water. Al vegetables deccm.
pusc ws,ei, by o sec'e, NE etliod pcculiss 10
! thcn,seises. Fish in g.ucSsi, sod all cold
| bioodcd animals, | have no doubt possess the
| same faculty. Rondelet says, 'the'e has been
a h,h kept three yssfs IN glass vessel, and
! led only with voter; and ,hst }, became 100
largo to 1.-Two 10 the vessel II We deny il tho
| power Of decomposioy water, whence he m
\ crease Of anittiai substance The formation
Of thunder clouds, and ,he torrents offain
which usually foiow, most probably atIso
| FROM sudden combustion OF hydrogen and
Oxygen gnsses. Hyd'ogeo emeoaes fom'
and is the consequence OF every species oi sn-
in,sI aud vegetable decay on puirefaotoD.
CatboDAicd hydrogen gas is pc pe'aaI'y eyolv-
| cd Of the surface Of the earth aud evsiy
| che mist VINO possesses grain ut reason,
knows that il is fsiSl TO BnimsI lie. Tho
| great sutbor Of The world has conrived To-
| protect It's inbsouao,s from lis baoefui inhue
! encc, by 40 con,li,u'lng vegetables ,ba, esf-
bon aud hyd,ogeo, are iheif Deeessssy food,
| and contribute 10 the support Ot all vegetable
life.
Inov come to the point, and shall demon-
| sifa,s 10 the satisfaction Of every mao o' sci'
| eDcc, who takes nature and its laws az . ruio
| of right aud guide Of reason, that the yellow
| fever is produced exolusively by tohsling
large doses Of ear6uveffed hydrogen Gas, a. &c
mas beon ehyo!yed by the Pfu"eseen,, or de-
,lrucuys fei men aiion Of vegetable sod ant
nal matter durieg the hot summer months.
| | shall show that no case Of fever has origins
ed where these was supply OF h'ing vegc.
table matter 20 seize upon this ga, and oeu-
! traiize its poweu; that ihs nlghes parts OF
,he ci,y, the village oi Gfeeowieh, 'he who'o
Of the neighbotIng towns, villages ana sur
rounding county, have been exemp' rom INC
yellow fever, though they have been subjects
ed 10 ss great heat as this Guy Here ,oen
We have cemou,,rsuoo Of my doctrine. They
nave much purer water ,hsa We, DOT near .he
quantity Of hydrogen gas IL evolved, snd ~bst