Mower County transcript., 1890-03-19
CHEMICALLY PURE WATER.

WIZ WILL was SaI1Su0O. Oel
Ledyrol, in N. Y. Ledger. s. 49,
CHEMICALLY PURE WATER.
Ono OF the Most Useful and Important of
Recent Inventions.
Among the most useful of recent in
ventlons is new process of evaporation
ny the ala OF which perfectly pure dis
titled water may be brought within the
reach OF every one at a reasonable cost.
Ihls process is also applicable to the
CONDENSATION of all sorts of solutions,
and is known by the name of it's in
ventor' Mr.. H. T. Yaryan. of Toledo, a
chemist who first came into public notice
as an expert on distillation in the serv-
Ice OF the Government during the prose-
cution OF the whisky ring by Secretary
Bristow.
Before this invention evaporation in
the arts was conducted in the direct ap-
plication of heat to the vessel contain
ing the fluid to be treated, as in the
case OF an ordinary steam boiler, where
the water surrounds the tubes and the
heat is carried through the latter.
Briefly stated the Yaryan process is just
the reverse. The auid to be heated is
led through the tubes, while the heat is
applied around them by the agency Of
live steam generated in the usual man
ner. These tubes arranged in o series
OF three, four, five, or six, or even eight
cylinders connected with each other,
through which the fluid circulates,
as above indicated, by the
live steam, which gives up nearly all
its heat before it is permitted to escape.
The details of the machinery are sim.
pie, the tubes and condensation cham
bers are easily flushed and cleaned by
live steam, and the work done by each
set is called an ''effect."
Thus battery of three cylinders pro-
duces a triple effect, one of five quin-
tuple effect, and so on. The machinery
for quintuple effect by involving five
cylinders, and the necessary tubing, of
co urse, cost more than for quadruple
or triple effect, but it utilizes more
or, in other words, requires less fuel
and is correspondingly economical. In
the extraction of water from cane juice,
glucose, brine, or any other chemical
solution, or from wood pulp, or in col
lecting oil from wool washin gs, the
new process has proved itself to be much
more economical than any other known;
and, although it has been in use less
than three years, it has gone all over
the world The leading sugar planta-
tions, refneries, wood-pulp mills and
chemical works in all countries have
adopted it, and the manufacture of the
has already grown into
great industry.
The process is, Of course, adapted to
the production of chemically pure wa.
ter, and can be readily applied to the
machinery of the great ocean steamers
and naval cruisers for the purpose of
making good the loss of feed water to
the boilers. 1t is also applicable to the
use of hotels and private houses, where
pure water for the toilet, laundry and
drinking purposes is SO essential. Sep
arate plants have been designed for the
use OF cities and private corpora tions
who desire to furnish water chemically
pure for domestic consumption; and
when it is considered that thirty-fve or
forty tons Of absolutely pure water can
be furnished by this process for every
ton OF coal consumed-or at a cost of
from thirty-dve to forty cents per thou.
sand gallons-and that the best result
by the old processes are twenty tons for
each ton of coal, it will be seen at once
that pure water for drinking purposes
at least can be brought within the reach
of all.
The only real question in connection
with the use of the new process for sup
plying pure water for domestic use re-
lates to the distribution of the water
after it is produced. Bottling, barrel
ing aad delivering by wagon, even in
large quantities, multiply the cost to
such an extent as to put the water be-
yond the reach of the multitude, and.
a system of distribution by special pipes
would seem to be necessary. This, it is
estimated, might be done at the cost of
about S., 500 per mile, exclusive of the
house connections and fixtures; but
surely here is field for benevolent in
vestigation, effort and expenditure we'll
worth looking into, especially into cities
like Chicago and Philadelphia, where
of deaths are said to occur
monthly from the use of polluted water.
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