Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-06-03
Some Facts worth Remembering.

] Some Facts worth Remembering. :
IA vigorous, man breat tbs forth from
! his lungs each day, about thirty ounce,
ofrpures carbon, This quantity of car
bon is equivalent to an equal weight O
pure charcoal, burnt daily in his lungs
to, develop the eietro-dynamfc excffa1
tion or constituting animal heat and an
i,nal motive po xer.. TAT tkisrste, a mar
burns about twice his we light Of carbon
every year, and in sthe ALLOTTED, term ol
\ three score and ten, cons urnes about ter
tons Of carbon or charcoal, in develop
ling animal heat and motive, power.easss
Il Bynexposing dried bloodiin coy
ersd icrucible 10 a. ned heat ), a residuum OF
char willobs lefts which, cannot be
distinguished from the charcoal left, in
the same. crucible after wood, bread, su
gar, flesh, &cy have been Similarly. eS,
posed. ,,t,..9..1. - nv ta
ss The quantity Of afr passing through
the lung OF a, man of ordinary size, ey-
cry twenty hours, has been found
tolBe S66 cubic feet, Saof which go ga
cubic feet are changed into carbonic
acid gas. sfa' sl h''a lFaih = eiri'aiislgs s1r
/ 5 Iftheisuppfy ofoxygenand hydrogen
be cut off or diminished, the combustion
of carbon viii diminish in correspond
ing proportion, and the physical strength
and locomotive power or anitnalsp Will
also diminish. Hsnce,2 on ascending
mountains, sasi the aiEb becomes smersl
dense. eit donlains less OK ygeni sand rmenl
anIanimal 8. sooner begin to spant, sst il
they had been nunning, in order to sup,
ply themselves with ntha ygen ewi ith
which TO consume the carbon sin .heir
ioodsia edt 81 sFs tsssxssg cd 90 ;aansai!
sr& Actiye5 exercise d produces rapid
breathing. and, consequently, a greater
amoant, Of oxygen enters. the system,
and produces more fapid combustion
of.carboni.. III ftiie supply Of oxygen Is CUE
or ID any Way, as BY working lin oan-'
ventilated d partnents, the posernof the
operativeis soon exhauste d. eI1enceiths
mos Improve a workshops Tin, sEnglsndl
are'sappiiedtwithafreshaair byI the, mar.
chan Icais powerOof!ian machines. bAsr',a,
as "A horse consumes. aboutaeleven
Poands Of carbon and hydrogenhdailY,
in the form OF foods but only about five
and n halt pounds ,avoirdupois. appear TO
be- bsInlin his lungs. from whence II is IS
inlsrrea that half of his food is wasted
This sowing to the Imperfect mas
tication OF wiry dry hay on whichshe IS
fedsas Lfebig gsconsiders theyfaces Of !. an
imats ITO represent but imperfe ctly
burned or oxydized portions Of .beir food,
andfco.mpares itto, the SCOT or lampblack
resulting from imperfect com bus.ion in
ordinary fur1aees,F. - - - !.
!. 5 To PREVENT this. .wssTula expenditures
or carboh, rfftfina,ing animal 81 are pro.
vided swithInd Is sc1es fof shrinsin gdbae&
from the stomach 10 theefnoutb ahsssol.
ia sIigdeousshbfes Of sgrasses 1, so obasuto
subject them tosaona wolnas sii cation 50 aud
eoaexlnict Fnonsihem the secariton which
sasnot eiabo,afed on the first chewing,
! s The time and labor, required. by q
horse or aniox 10 mastieate 25. lbs, Of
AaY,' compl etslY pgeyepts his being able
10 workstors man as many hours as a
,alan can work. A man cah wofk twelve
hours, a horse only eight. The reason'is
that " hen the horse has 'ffnishedw crking
'for IFS master, he must tarnsmiher, ana
SPEND several hours in grinding his dai-l
ny gristi efersupper, before d he iicanslie
down to rest. Mans hours for labor
,weald not exceed eight if be was obli-
gedl to. chew his raw. wheat and. corn,
lpsiead OF ayailing himself Of. the Ser
vices Of the, miller and, baker. He nee,
il Holland, horses, are frsqasntfy fed
with grain reduced 10 the form of l6asesl
A wise economy would lead those who
use beasts Of burden, TO have their food
psepsred'for them ljase rssdsy stematieal
as orothcir owhotable is:ssI1a sssw .aoi1
aassA large spoftioa qtathsc ssaxbon in
hay and srainq ~hiehsdiso burned in
the lungs of animals, goes, merely TO
sllRply animal heat, without coiltribul
ting q motire power OF nutrition. A
warm barn. thsrefore. sa ress 4 eunnec
essaty comnbustioti OF much costly orr
gantc ccast0sf in the l,fngs.so sasssin she
due lie mPeFtshfe Of the Mood ahsat oficat
tie clothed wi,h:shor hair. ~ Certain an
imalsseto economics thsdi dimited provis-
ion sficarboa saaa hydTegea q treasprsd
anin sthsira boliss;uin the form. Of fat,
10 be bprat in the form Of fuel, in; ihsir
lungs,aase mptionlsss and ,tofpid during
,viates., Fuel. is sas. ne cesssry for mo-
tlons ~ 9 bear or in horse as in steam
engine. BY this economy only is the
bear enabled to prevent the freezing o
his BODY during winter For af1tke'sea-
sons thea animals 81 the polar Regions
Nave whited instead sofo dark cove rings, !
ssstn shestropical clima tes, because the
white color diminishes the radiation of
'hsata Ahssss y -. ela@sg rjSL ".
ia Alt comntopl :Teqoirss the combps-
,,ion Of sbp1t ter, bic feet Of ordinary
cord wood pei daay 10 devslop' steam.
power equivalent to the power ofa SIN !.
gfer horse. Ana ofsiand, 1t sesti,
mated, will produce annaalhy I 28 feet oi
&ood. which viii eratA an engine Of
sone powerreigmeeas days. snAssthis
rate the annaalasg growth lot ~ Iscres
wepld be- Ee qaiged fofs three hundred
swo king. days. of, the year.
5 Wood contains SO per cent Of car
bon. and five Of hydrogen. An acre OF
'fand Will annually produce about 8, 900
Fbs 81 wood (which CONTAINS abosesl.soo
lbs Of these elenisntary sabssances--cara
hon and by ydrogsa. vlssisAap 4 81 :
|psS The cost Of fasl for a:sseam engine
on the Atlantic seaboard is less, than