New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-10-06

A. time whom Ch0lers. with an appalling
voice calls the most earnest al cnlou 10 house yentia
ton, and dreadful explosions and loss OF life In mues
demand no less Efforts 10 deyise Tor the pge,en
ton OF these calamlues we have much la
anticipating that human residences may easily be SUP
piled with continual circulation Of wholesome air and
toe most dangerous subterraneous work be preserved
against accident from foul currents OF hredamp Or
Cnown- has enrolled patent for lmproyamentsin Ven
uating Rooms and Apartments of the perfect efficacy
Of which, We behave there cannot be doubt snd Oa
principle At once most simple and unex pect.d -
Without going into details 1T present we NAV state
that the Improvements based upon an action In the
syphon which had mol previously attracted the notice
OF any expermentrr viz that II liked with legs OF
unequal length, the air rushes into the shorter lee and
cireuAtes up and discharges Itself from the longer leg
Il IL e@sy n see how readily this be applied 10 an,
chamber IN order 10 purify ts atmosphere. Let tho
ornce Of the shorter leg be disposed where II AN re-
ceiye the current and lead IL into the chimney Qn
mines !rto the shafts - convert that chimney
or shais into the longer leg and you have AZ the
circulation complete. similar air.syphon can be en-.
pioyed Ia ships aud the lowest hods where disease ia
generated In the close berths Of the crowded seneu
be rendered ss fresh the upper decks The curiosity
OF This discovery 10 that air Ia .yphon reyersss tho
action OF water, or other liquid which enters and de
csnds down Ia the longer leg and ris,s Ia
the shorter leg This IL now deIaOnstrabie tact
but hows The principle 10 be accounted forf Itpuzze.
our philosophy That air In the bent tune Ia MOI ,o tina
surrounding atmosphere as water or any heayie, bo8v
10 evident and II must be from this relation that Tia
updrail In the longer leg 10 caused and the constant
anu Ni'hofa"Ai OF polluted gases carried
on but De THIS AZ II may, one thing s certsin--,hal
ia0fe useful and important discovery has never been
made Tor the comfort and health Of civilized man
"e see no end 10 II application. There is no sanitary
measure suggeitsd to which IL may not form most
beneficial adjunct There 10 not a hoyel, cellar a
crypt or black, close hole hero that il NAV not
cesnse and dissniect We that no time time viii
BE ost In bringing IL H. the public test on large scale
ana ne fore &c no impeachment tots being mcdlaely
and universally adopted for the public veal e ourht
70 remark that rres or heating apparatus arc not al
al Necessary and that 80 the specification szpreaes
tois acuon is not prevented b., making toe
shoiter ies not while the longer leg remains cold ana
no afucia heat s necessary 10 the longer leg oi is
az sypbon 70 Cause this &C uoa - take place Extra,
otohsfy as this may appear, We have witnessed ths
experiments made IN various ways, with tubes from
less tnan sn inch - nearly foot In diameter and We
can Vc1en for the fact being perfectly demonstrated
Lisht gas does descend the shorter ie9 when heated
sre ascend the longer leg where the column Of air 1,
mneh colder and heavier. London Literary Gazette.