, 1866-06-26

HI=h5y Interesting md amporsau
%etenttfle AuA sanitary Experiments
H 3EEnthsH Point
lFrpga The Nsw Yttk Head, Jung I'll

Highly Interesting md luapors4u
>et<ntfne and sAaitary Experiments
Aa S<Entn,H Point
{Frosa The yew Yetk Head, June .1.} 4
The disiufecttny chamber whfen Dr.. Beu, |
ot Brooklyn. WIS empowered BY those hav-
ing authority TO dt up IN one OF The buildings
At Se=utnss Point has been completed undef
the immediate direction Of Nr- L. ". Leeds,
well known engineer Of Phi1adeiphia- At
the invitation Of Mr. Bell several dlsttn-
day TO witness the experiments testing the
efficiency OF steam IN destroying hy heat the
ac.iye or uvn< principle Of AnythIn< haEin.
the power to Erow or Propagate Itself Be
fore giving The result u the experiment, It
ior % te.tin.; lie atili:y o1 steam Tor lis
purpose were far hon beng what they
should BE- The boiler Was an old one, Of hat
three horse power. had been long m use, and
| could sustain but thirty -dye pounds PRESSURE
that no t~st altogether satisfactory could be
had without = boiler that could bear prcs-
sure Of oce hundred pounds But as It vs.
Eos eo1sidesed advisable 70 get new boiler,
rhe following expedttnt was re<oEted to to
make up for the difference Of Temperature. be-
tween what l. would be It pressure OF thlF~
tx-6ye pounds AID Pressure VI = hundred :
4 euu OF heaters, such - thnne In couHou
use for heating roons, VIA eucas:1 in masonry.
covered over With sand 10 = fuEnace placed
beneath This eou YRS put directly unde,
the dzsfufectfng chamber, : dEe WAS kindlet
| IN the furnace underneath, and the steam ad
| mistea 70 The chamber xAs drst made to pas
thsouzh the coil and thus became grc7s1.
/ supeEurnted-
he disin1ect1ng chamber Is small room
containing about dye hundred cubi= teeE> bull
| At one ED of long and narrow apartment
| with the floor little higher shan man
/ head above the main door- 4 couple q
. | door. reaching hen1 top to bottom an
: | shutting one upon another, 50 IS 70 pEeyeu
, | the escape Of steam, Afford an entrance I
the upper pr: Of the roorn there i an ape,
: turc entering the chimney for To-: escape {
: | air X hiit the room I, filling with Steam.
operS info the chimney for the purpose
t p1eventins the possibility of any poisou e
ting ont os the building ~iih the air beto:
I | the room h:,s been heated 10 such \ degree
: | to destroy il. In the centre OF the vail o.
! | posi.e the entrance was selfre..istesin
L | thermometer. There was also = tfseEu1omes'
susf sfented through the ceiling. and still u
.,thxs disrctir uEiieF it, xbout eighteen inch
:1un the ros.r- and h~tHeen the desoFs Ar
l. the wall Toe steam Was adaalt.eI throu1
;, I the Ecor.
= Tn.: nrst experiment was for the purpose
l. lca1nir- wtat decree of he1s wt'uld be :tene
- nte4i IN the ehanahe. in the space OF ayc mi
uies md test it4 eject upon yaEi6as articles p
= | inside. 4 dozen or TWO OF foy>tcss and 9th
Il | shell fish we're put upon board and raised
Ir few Inches from the door; there were Al
= ] souae eggs xnd small tsh ;ut on this ts>a'
ID 1hrc< osheE rEgs. - wrapped upin so1d'e
=. hlanke. that no steam coul1 reach them WI
.e out d7=t penetrating eight folds Of
- blanket. were PLACED on board The do
~ were then closed. and the supe1heated St.,
t- | admitted The iollowmE table viii iudis:
hr the temperature A. registered BY rhe t
" Thermometers a& the expiration os each ii
~ seconds, TIE figures first given for each n
I'll ute being marked By the thermometer :
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