The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-04-12
LIQUID EXPERIMENTS.
Cold is Hotter Than Heat. Carbon
Burns at BIZ Below.
IOn'U state HcyiAfci'.

altcr ltS annual reception Tonight
were entertained by Charles H. Triplcr,
Of New York, the inventor Of l.uuid
air. Mr.. Triplcr had brought from
his laboratory in an ordinary vessel
not unlike milk can ten gallons Of
liquid air at a temperature Of 3l2 de-
"rccs below zero. This was brouyht
into the banquet room at the Aring-
ton hotel, whcr" the audience was as
scmblcd, and many of the experiments
which have lately startled the scen-
tific world we're repeated.
Mr.. Triplcr was introduced by Alex
andcr Graham Bell. inventor of the
telephone. y large number of dis
tinguishcd scientists had Gathered to
witness his experiments, and in the
audience were the German and Russian
amba~ sador-, the Chinese minister aud
a large number Of the most distin-
gnshcd people in Washington
Mr.. Triplcr first exhibited the
liquid air by passing around the audi
cncc tin dippcr~ filled with it. These
gave of vapor like steam and rapidly
accumulativc frost on the outside.
| After the audience had finished the
nSpcction Mr.. Triplcr struck the dip
per> against the table and they broke
to pieces like glass. lie then i'm
mcrced common rubber ball in the
| liquid and Gftcrward threw it On the
floor, where it broke into pieces.
BURNING CARBON
He partially immersed in common
tumblcr filled with liquid air stick
OF carbon, like those used on the arc
light, and the part of the carbon above
the surface burned rapidly with
white light as intense aS that Of an
arc lamp He explained that a TEN.
pcraturc of I 1000 degrees above zero
was required to burn carbon, yet this
air at 'l2 degrees below zero burned
it rapidly. He immersed in the same
! glass the end of coilcd watch spring,
and it burned rapidly and threw off
shower of sparks until the entire
spring was consumed.
Mr.. Tripler explained that alcohol
freezes at a temperature Of 202 below
zero, and he accordingly took pint
of whiskcy and pouring liquid air over
it, soon had it in a state SO that he
broke it up into small chunks and
passed it around to his audience.
Mercury freezes at 10 degrees be-
low zero. The inventor froze chunk
of it in the shape of hammer and
drove a nail into the table on which
his experiments were conducted. This
hammer afterwards circulated through
the audience for half an hour without
melting, though it gradually accumu-
lated I. frost on the outside.
SERVED FROZEN POTATOES.
Mr. Triplcr dipped several Irish po-
tatocs into the can of air, and then
threw them on the floor, and they
broke into pieces like china eggs The
pieces were picked up for souvenirs,
but were found to be so cold that they
were uncomfortable to keep.
They we're extremely hard and could
be carved with pcnknife like box
wood. They circulated pretty rapidly
through the audience, each person
being apparently anxious to pass them
on to his neiG.iDor.
y piece of raw beef was immersed
in the air and taken out pure and
white and hard as ivory. Thrown on
the floor it broke into pieces. Several
persons having picked these up as
souvenirs, Mr.. Tripler warned them
that in few mindtcs after the cold
had passed away the beautiful white
substance would return to beef again
and would become an uncomfortable
Keepsake.
y cake Of ice was placed on the
table, and Mr.. Triplcr placed upon it
tcakettle filled with liquid air. He
then put the teakettlc over gas fame
and it quit boiling and thick coating
of ice formed on the outside and was
aftcrward broken off with mallct.
Mr.. Tripler threw a dipperful of air
over his clothing and it left them per-
fcctly dry, and a finger dipped in the
liquid would be withdrawn dry but
uncomfortably cold. \ quantity of
the air thrown on the floor made
heavy sound like melted lead. The
liquid scattered in all directions throw
ing off gray vapor and being rapidly
consumed. 1t left the floor dry.
SCIENTIFIC MEN ARE DOUBTERS.
Mr.. Tripler said that he had received
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