Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-12-09
vFNTlLATlNG THE ROOM.
Hints Toward tho Solution of tho Problem
of DEMONSTRATING.

Hints Toward tho solution OF tho Problem
of HOusc-heatlng.
The intelligent and economical house
holder stands aghaSt when some scien,
list tells him how very small is the
amount Of available heat produced by
n ton of coal, even under the most
favorable circumstances and with the
best and most approved appliances
within reach. 1t is so little, that one
is led to wonder why some genius
DOESN'T 90 TO work and invent some
thing that will do better, something
that will make buyers OF coal at least
reasonably certain of getting some
thing like u tolerable equivalent for
the money they pour out for the most
necessary article.
In the majority of cases the plan OF
| the house is faulty and the arrange.
ment of the heater is worse. Into a
| close room full of stagnant air a cur
rent of heat is turned. 1t stands to
reason that if u space is filled il can
hold no more, but the builder and fur
uaceman never seem to think Of this,
and so the householder fires up, puts
on more coal, and wonders why the
place doesn't get warm. There is no
outlet for the cold air and, as a natural
consequence, it holds the fort, and the
heat has to keep at n proper distance
until some door or window is opened,
the warmth goes to the attic or haseens
10 assist in the effort to raise the tenn
perature of all outdoors.
1t would be well If boards of health
could make and enforce laws requiring
a ventilator with a perpendicular lue
in every room in every snugly built
house. The tues should connect with
one of larger size that rests against
some hot-air pipe at some point in the
upper part of the house. This would
insure the drawing ont of the room
of a certain amount of the cold air
about the lower portion of the apart
ment, and as foul air almost always
settles, much Of this also may be got
ten rid of in this way.
An enormous amount of heat is
wasted in the fruitleSs cndeavors il
to put the cold air out of the
way. Draw this out, and the heat is
free to cont in, and it will do so with
a rush.
A number of years ago, the expert
ment was tried of mixing coal dust and
saw dust and ~sprinkling this in small
quantities over a fire. The heat gener-
ited was intense, much more than that
obtained from coal used in any other
way, But the lack of a suitable device
supplying it in the proper way pre-
its use, and the idea was put
away for future use. Since then some
has patented an apparatus for
coal dust upon fires, and the re.
suit promises well. Whether it will
york AZ well in stove, range or CRATE
Tres rs it is said to do in furnace ana
boiler heating remains to be seen.
One of the greatest obstacles in the
way of the successful heating of rooms
If all sizes is the presence of the cold
.ir, which is heavy and difficult to set
n motion. If some process could be
to draw cold air out as fast as
warm air came in, or possibly a little
%aSter, the heating problem could be
nuch more easily solved. 1t will not I
% ont through cracks and crannics, for
here it meets more cold air that is try. ,
ng to rush in, 1t must be taken out q
dragged out, as il were, in or.
er TO enable the welcome warmth te
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