Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-07-05
Practical Scheme by Which Rainfall Can Be Regulated IN July
and Heat in Midsummer
THE APPARATUS A HANDSOME VINECLAD WINDMILL
Dynamite Shells When Rain Is Wanted Sent From cannon IN Inc
High Tower
AID powRs THAT CAUSE A GREAT RUSH OF GOODNESS.
tconvreht. 1896, by Rym an Interview syndicate)

, this invention from being a success is
the Lack OF people to synpathize with
it and try it. 1t is there for al who
wish to entomb themselves in ice.
But there is a device going through
the patent process now that Will really
start thl5 air moving. The theory of all
cooling apparatus is to start the air cir
culltng. In a breeze is c0olness. To
make a whole town breezy on hun
dred-in-the-shade day is equivalent TO
lowering tine temperature 20 degrees,
though the actual temperature by Their
mCmeter remains the same. A few ma
chimes aim to cool the air at the same
time while moving it, but most of them
only agitate it.
The new device which aims at CIV
ing cool weather in dog days requires
considerable apparatus. 1t needs tall
structures like windmflls, and many of
them. These must be connected with
the ground by wires; and with each
other, also, by wires to insure greatest
success. The joining wire on top of
the tower is not absolutely necessary
The aim of this machine is to send
large bombs up these wires from the
ground to the top of the windmill
structure. When they reach the top,
or get well off from the ground, they
explode. That brings GOODNESS.
The windmill structures are erected
in this shape for beauty. The pic
6uresque element Of the cross arms, the
little structure and their grace are the
reasons this form is selected. It's econ
omy is another. A framework Of wood
is cheaper than a tower of wood. And
of course cheaper than stone. To
make these wind-mills still prettier,
there are vines planted around them,
and the windmill in its arms can be
covered with verdure in summer when
they are in operation. In winter they
can be taken down and stored away
until next season.
The important element of the wind
mill cooling apparatus is the bomb
This is an immense affair ffiIed with
carbonic acid gas in liqufed state.
The gas is put under powerful pressure
until ii liquifies. 1t is then pressed into
the bomb shape.
RAISING THE BOMBS.
The machinery OF the cooling appar-
atus consists of electric wires, besides
the carbOnic acid bombs. These wires
are run by power, so that they carry
the bombs along quickly to the top Of
the tower. Once there they come under
powerful electric shock and are ex-
plOded
Carbonic acid gas is much heavier
than the surrounding atmosphere. Pri-
marily it is the substance that is
breathed off from the lungs, and it set
ties low in cellars, underground and
near the surface of the earth. 1t is not
a good substance to work with in this
state. But the fact that it is heavier
than common air and settles low is the
principle upon which the explosive
works.
AS soon as relieved of the pressure,
after the explosion OF the bomb, the
liquefied acid evaporates and becomes
gas again. In this evaporation the at
mosphere around is severely chilled and
the carbonic acid gas, rushing DOWN
ward, produces a swift current of cool