Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-02-20
A VOCAL lNVGORATOR.


Lennon TRUTH
Bottled ltalanilcd Air for the Voice
reads much ike Bottled Bosh. but in
these days of scientific discovery it is un-
wise TO dismiss any invention with succr
and without II trial. and certain | wit.
messed at St James hall short time ago
IN illustration to the point. Miss air
lingford, one of the ladies from the Opera
Conique, who conccivcs that her voice
has been greatly benefited by the "bottled
air" in question, issued about 1000 invi-
tations to various scientific AID musical
people, and organized concert AT st
James hall.
The point of this "invitation concert
was that all the singers used bottled air, ="
and Dr. Garter MolIat the booted air"
genius, himself appeared between the
parts holding the mysterious ammonia
phone or bottled air machine. Il long sill.
yer tube, which he llourishcd in the face
of the audience while he described its vir.
tues with considerable animation and 70.
bust faith which at last became rather
contagious / confess that at FIRST much
as | can swallow in the way o scientific
boasting ald assertion | could not swal.
low the bottled air theory.
| t,rnci the pages to discover who DR..
Carter uoHat was. soon found that he
was all right. For seven years he was
first demons rator mt the Royal college at
EdinbUrgh, besides being professor of
chemistry at Glasgow. lie went out to
examine mines and mineral earthS for the
Italian Government some years AFRO, and
SO valuable were his services that he was
awarded Il gold medal ut Turin, and re-
Cciycd decoration Of honor 1t was at
tnat time ne carried out his experiments
on the air Of the AbruzM REGIONS with the
startling effect, which have N led IN the
invention of the ammoniaphonc.
The interior OF the ammouiHphone is,
am told, occupied with wicks satur-
atcd with peroxide of hydrogen and free
ammonia, and by air chambers. rcgulat.
ing the transmission OF these gases
through little mouthpiccc into the
Iu IS. \ couple of limitations will suf-
flee for II test 1t was | confess, with
profound skrptici-m ihat placed the lit.
/ tie silver mOutnpiccc to my lips and drew
"a deep breath \ strong, Chok =, burn
Ing Iavor of peppermint nearly took my
/ breath away, bat it was not unpleasant,
and | pestyercd, alternating each pull
with good zap of common air to follow.
l had prcvio l>ly be n asked to say a sen.
tcnCc or two in my natural voice, and
after two or three pulls at the ammonia
phone | was requested To repeat
the same words, without using any
extra cNcrion. | was really startled
at the involuntary lOudnesS of my OWL
voice and "A friend who accompanied me
and who was greater skcptiC than my
self, fairly burst out laughing at the re
suit. DR., tartcr Moifat smiled benignly
and told me that he had now 10000 per
sons using the ammoniaphone with thu
same results Marie liole. Lady Mac
farren, and host of others are ready t.
bear witness to benefits received, and O
course. their letters are printed in thu
pamphlet The ammoniaphonc alsC
claims to be of use in bronchitis, and al
most IA specific i'll asthma Dr. carte
Moilat is. perhaps, little in danger o
claiming too much for hi, curious inven
ton, but his labors and sacrifices hav
certainly not been altogether in vain.