New-York tribune., 1884-10-12
FOUR DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

PEGrrTUAI FALL or WINTER WEATHER PROMISED
HOT Afr TURNED INrO COLD
How would YOU like to freeze to death today y
inquired longshorcmau in Hamiltoh-ave Brook
.yu. yesterday of a pcrspune TRIBUNE reporter
The latter expressed willingness To try the expert
ment up To q certain point. Come along then.
Was the reply. Tie reporter soon found himself on
the ground loor of Pntcs big grain warehouse.
I'm IN apartment which stretched from the avenue
TO the wafer front-was another containing 5000
cubic feet of space This room carefully
boarded. The entrance to il was 10y door about
,x nchcs thick Through ihi, door. at short inter-
walls. several men dartcl suddenly. Thcr r'appear-
tncc WAS a. sudden rs their exit. Before they dis
appeared tlcy pcrsgired as the tcmpcratur' OF the
engiue-rcom from which tie corpulent door led,
WAS 9O1 On their return they were shivcrng.
NO. they haven't got acuc," replied the long
shorcnan in answer to a question he saw concealed
in the reporter'> eve "Ivc been there myself. and
before was IN five INMATES wondered why tor
gotten 10 bring an overcoat along
A. q man with lantern was about to open tie
my-tcr.ous door again. the reporter fell IN line and
IN moment stood IN darkness made visible by
the feeble flame of TIE lantern. The air was not
cold IL was freeing. whining noise was heard
" That is the cold ar coming in. SAID the guide. ] he
re,ortor uounted q chair aud hcM ms hand against
the mouth Of Il siX inch shectirOn plPe IT. lust
below zero where your hand is nOw, said the nan
with the lantern The reporter did not consider 1t
necessary to ask for afdavIt 10 this effect. rs IN
less than two minutes his fingers icj a. u thel were
frozen AMI he ongrd for tie bany 5rcezcs of spring
or even tic scOrch.ng heat of summer.
How : n accomplished he asked or Il Ah0' "i
men who gathered about him on seell.g sllt-cdecd
notebook appear
The man with tic lantern stepped forward and
said Ii Is process, by which the air can b. cooled
10 any degree You want down tn - hcioN zero.
or by which ice can bc made wlthou; the ad OF
Chemicals
"Wlat do you use TO accomplish this"
The atmosphere.
The inventor said that he had Spent seven wears
and ~3O 900 IN pcrleclug his plan. and had az last
succeeded The room had been built for the eXper-
imcut. The machinery used was an eight horse
power engine. Connected villa the engine Is series
OF thrcr-nch iron p.peS. he atmosphere l. sucked
into one ot these pipes and !, carried throng some
hundreds OF feet. Thence IL passes through "a coil
OF copper pipe which Is immersed ~ watc.. INTO u
water fiap where the condensation Is dawn un.
Then il T., carried cool and dry. into an cxpoundcr
from which it is forced into the required place nj
its normal temperature, L.. but dry. No chclnl-
Gals uoed Ia the process, according I" ne uVe
or and several icc-irccIine ma 'ilnr nahrFs VINO
were present seemed satisfied thai sicA was Tie
case.
1t means GOODNESS whenever yen want IL and
are wiling to pay Tor it, >ald the inventor. y
n,arhr,. for COOLING y hotel freezing It's meats,
iall ont of summer If desired can be put MP Tor
5000. 1t Is only question OF time whcn steam
cr,. hotels. theatres, concert hus' et'.. VIII ue
coolcd IN this way. Ii Will make zee that can he
sold with profit AZ dollar ton. II VII save
brewers hundreds of thousands OF dollars. and
will uevcr run short of incl 50 long - he world
lasts. Il feeds on the atmosphere aii gets Hs
meals tor nothing.
Tie machine took an hour and fifteen minutes
10 reduce the teulneratur" of Il room irom - 10
~, auG two houts 10 reduce II to 10