The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-24
THE UTILITY OF NOTHING.
INVENTIONS WHOSE VALUE M
PENDs UPON THE VACUUM.

'Ht Processes Founded ON The
Principle of Observation-Disclosures
walton of Foods. Mood. Leather.
Cloth Liquors. stone and Corpses.
from the ST. Louis Globe-Democrat.
-AaAlns money out OF n0thingl The no.
uoh Is attractive. Many millions OF dol
-alS lA TINS country are Invested In patents
uepo4o-us upon q vacuum, watch is less
thah what most people cali nothing
These inventions. cover a great --3ri4r,, X
industries, such as preserving foods tam
hIHs' Iernentins bleaching hardening
Stone ana making woods imperIshabIe
some OF them actually relate 10 the keen
ing OF corpses and the manufacture Of
mortuary memorials. The history Of the
vacuum in the United States patent office
IS an interesting one. dating back 10 lS33
IN which year George H. Richards took
OUT exclusive rights in process for pre-
pairing leather from various Substances bv
evaporation i'm vacuo at a temperature be-
low - degrees, the object being to avoid
lnJufins the product by too great heat
This method is applied i'm obtaining favors
Tor syrups dispensed at soda water foun-
tains- 1t also serves in making extracts
from malt and hops and from coffee The
tact IS well known that firms engaged in
the business of roasting coffee for-marlet
commonly deprive the beans of their VIOLA
Tile HaNoring essence and sell the latter
separately. An honest coffee rooster re-
turns this essence to the beans Much of
1T passes of during the ordinary cooking
process. and thus it happens that at times
the streets in the neighborhood OF a gro
Gerry store are fragrant with the odor of
coiree. II is agreeable TO the nostrils. but
very .wasteful. A properly constructed
roasting machine saves and condenses the
precious Vap0r.
There was once "a firm Of bakers in !
London
dent The process Of breadmakfng de- |
ponds upon fermentation. which develons |
alcohol. This alcohol passes off i'm vapor |
from the ovens under ordinary circun- |
stances. Inc concern in question devised /
Htllod by which il could be saved. the /
Napor being passed into condenser I'M
fortunately, rival bakers took q. notion to |
stHNc Etlse as widely as possible that their |
bread was sold with all the gin ina n .
AS a result the enterprising establishment
lV9l us trade ana was ruined. To assist
the process of fermentation methods have
been cOntrlVed for partly baking bread
ln Nacuo. Bakers by the way use great
Huahtll les OF egg meats dried in vacuum
the whites and yolks being separated
Ihty are then evaporated to absolute dry
lieS7t amer winch they are scraped from |
the pans and graduated by grinding The |
pIoduct looks very much like sawdust. in
Is comparatively cheap and will keen good |
Tor many months, taking the place OF
s5itsh eggs when the latter are scarce and
e ecsi ~ y prepared on considerable
process
employed in the manufacture of so-caIled
egg aIbumen," which is said TO be com
PfS9eI largely of the whites of the eggs
" via FOWL 1t looks like a fine quality
OF glue, and costs s. cents a Mound heinz
~Ssu py bakers and for glazing prints
several processes have been patented for
preserving eggs in their shells bv means |
OF The vacuum. One method is to Mace 2
ttnein IA a chamber which is theni ex- Il
germ OF decomposition is thus drawn ont f.
mo ~ So ana carDohc acid gas is forced X
IN 6ne receiver TO take the place of it,
! ~ C5s9 are taken out and covered with ar
a Varnlsh TO prevent the air getting intoSs
80 tiein asaln. A variation of this idea is a
attne, which fills the pores of tbe s5eIIs ..E
by Iarr the most useful application o3un
the vacuum has been for the 11resertCl "a 49,, u.
~ Moou. scores Of patents in this I'M "A
nave been granted. So far back as m 80
year 1897, August Goffbilff Of NJ a. y *
secured exclusive rights in a process 4 m Il
protecting timber from destruction I her
y, Jd e, uiy TOT and other causes of spd 20
the air from Uhe wood and iii IN cen
pores with coal tar and turpentine In
MS snls direction a great industry has ST ed t
Grown up. AT Wilmington, n. c., Is in t
anu railway tmbers for the entire stn ina +
are mpre&nated with preservative p 672 +
ssdlceS. hallWay ties are commily MAJ
Treated in this manner, while meiic IN ~
oluIIohs are employed TO defend bres vyefe
aBdlIlat the depredatIons Of the deVe4pg AZ !
Wood is rtNcisliy eoloredsby ii the i f5iii,
riace If 70 N = hqfW its Hlltd ju6iions man
JiGlI,alnlng pigments IN this mE}9llinoa5 and
dlHaIy pine may be beauufulK - aI me- ed, 2
5 ana made to serve as substitnUed i of nal
hand BY eXhausting the air IT, II; e an IRON
,heh forcing dry air through" Is P or69 we've
70 CaiIy on Ihe moisture VS. fraqn To
-heQ Tor all sorts of pupsc9' lLoill ~
process cSiied Vulcani9 3 Rubber, of sent
curse, s1vulcanized by tGLlnS y WIN R195
'uipnur' being thus tran{oi enc ia IA ia Lad
lard and brittle Thisdea was long 70 Ia
after with a solution olhoPeI anu men lay
-HplylnS the sulphur. fM@fGISS SlI sotd 70 -
'er is not used, the VIZ. 0SIii5 -, ~
ciose5 s,,i ~ IiO' pressure prevents Alb
he escape of The = and gums, While catiC
ne heat has hardilid5 ,jin Inns Is MeIS
The records in II patent ONCE would So
eem to show thapeople IN i IN uays 70 pS
ne corpses as We the ancient Egypt Vain
adnod 6a nth em a5 d af s5e @ e0a o 6f
glass. which to be exhausted of air not {
Gas that is destructive of all animal for
fe being subftnted. For this purpose ala |
ulDhllrs dfexif-or carbonic acid gas will to b'
arve a nelod of embalming consists Ham
withdr8 Wig the fluid contents of the est c
odv nv neys of an air pump as pre- he h
rldriesy an caVities An ingenious yam mo
ae has deised scheme that IS caIcu- splrS
tied to bla consolation to surviving rel dlotl
lives, mo ashes of the cremated de- alres
net ar TO be reVerenty collected and be
Impressed INTO q suitable memorial ike I'd
~ Hst or statuette at once orna- wrOt
entail and sacred. The patentee sus~ ban
SIS ia air pump shall be employed 10 shoo
eiI{nte the driving of the ashes farm
Thee are numerous patents for pre- leave
I,-ag foodstwitb the aid of the vacuum it nj
1a idea is TO extract the air contained then
he meat fish and fruit which are men
De impregnated thereupon with solu- nous
u of gelatine. This being accomplish celEt
The Taeat or what not Is 10 he taken | mails
and dipped into a solution of gela- reIha
Dc, sugar, and gum SO as TO give IL
aring on the outside Thus it viii keep
an indefinite period. A young wo-
I'D of Philadelphia, Isabel NJ Mitchell
opposes that food of all sorts shall be Ihe
pt good by means of ozone gas Her
lcnine manufactures the ozone, which
permitted to fill the exhaust chamber
yer the air has been withdrawn. She Wi
that articles thus treated may be c1cb
1sequenuy exposed to the atmosphere -
nout risk or decay. an