Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-07-26
Prot. John Gamgees' Invention.

A new era has dawned on inven
tors. The limits Of natural law es
tablisbed by centuries Of slow and
fitful progress, in the laboratory and
observatory. have given precision,
especially for 40 years past, to the
practical labOrs of engineers electri.
clans chemists and techuologists in
general. The mystery of startling
discovery is fast vanishing before
the rule and compass. the balance
and Thermometer. The most sue.
cessful men of today, outside the
few spectators aud capitalists,
whose future has been due very
much TO games Of chance or bold
enterprise, are the pioneers of mod
eIn invention. When BoultOn IN.
dertook to save Watt from u failure
due to lack OF means, and thus slar.
ed the honor of the invention of the
steam engine, he was the forerun.
ner OF the men on whom Sicmpns
and Ellison and Brush could depend
to effect the work that ample n,eaus
could bring ont with the levers of
science and cOusummate skill.
Sound invention is being recognized
as safer for the investor than mines
and kindred ventures Offering spe.
cial inducements to the fnancier.
We have been the eye witness Of
II development in New Orleans,
which, we believe, may be attended |
with more comfort aud real benefit
to mankind than most efforts of the |
same nature IN the past. The Op.
probrium of hygiene was the com
plete lack OF means TO provide ade.
quate ventilation and reduction of
temperature. The costly examples
of cool air supply 10 public halls
and theatres, may almost he count.
cd on the fingers. Apart from lrgis
lativc assemblies where prolonged
summer sittings are avoided, as
much rs possible, We have santa.
rams referring to 81. Georges Hall,
Liverpool, OF the Madison Square !
Theatre il New York, which, III the Z
future, will be regarded as typical
OF costly and insufficient
methods.
The thirsty operatives or perSrir.
ing compositors, the weary clerks in =,
crow drd counting rooms and tircmcn
III steamers, exposed to tempera.
lures of $50 Fab, and above
the million breadwinncrs, ns well
as the concert and theatre gorrs.
may now demand the relief they
have sighed for. Had such con !
quest been the only one of q lite.
time, il would he sufficient for any
l reasonable man to desire. Its an.
thor has, however, been over quar-.
ter Of Il century active in PATHOLOGY.
cal and physical studies.
The first series of successful i'm
NeStigations published by Prof ,
Gamgre related To that most de.
Structivc disease Of surgical wards
due TO foul air and puirctaction, aud
which is well understood now under -.
the name Of pyHmia. In 1862 he
was commissioned by the British
government to report on the ibis
eases Of animals in relation to the
supply OF meat and milk and es. {
tablished his pre- eminence as an Il
authority on plaques. In 1865 he I
was commissioned by the United 1
States government to report on the :
Texas and other cattle diseasns, and
it was this which enabled him first to
show bow meat could be cooled for
transportation nv active currents of
iced air. Owing to the costliuess of
ice where meat was cheap. Mr.. Gam
gee commenced in 1860 the study of
artihcial refrigeration, and demon. r
sirated, both in London and Paris y
the phyical and chemical means b