Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-29
LIQUID AIR WIZARD
Professor Tripler the Discoverer of
Liquid Air Experiments With
the Product.
Amazes a Chicago Audience With
Its Many Wonders-Mercury
Frozen Solid.
Steel Melted in Tumbler Of Ice
Bullets Made of
Grapes.
shicago. Jan. % Professor Charles

OAu FSS'
Chicago. Jan. % Professor Charles
Z. Ttipler. the liqnld air wizard,
brought a barrelful d his product to.
Thieaso SATURDAY and put it thru an
exhibition Of its peculiar properties be-
fore the members of the Commercial
Club H made il freeze mercury into
s. hammsr 50 solid that he could drive.
iiails with Is, and almost at the same
instant he showed it possessed of quail
iiieS Which would make ii burn steel
Wiz With q spliitterins ilame.
iarofessar Tripleris 4 arge. fine look
ing man With a humorous trend. and.
hs seemed T. enjoy heartily all she sur
psiiseS shat he gave
This is New Work air that | have
fisis,, said Mr.. Trpieg as i,e rose 10 his
faet Just see What il VIII do. Then
lie dipped his lin inlpel into the bar
rei threw some Of the liquid air up
,vaIti and laughed. while the club mem
bes Jumped as ii fan 70 the floor like
handfnl " buckshot. Y does not
quite as inuchas mater" he said,
hat ii goes down like lead.
Mr.. Triplcr did not pause long 70 tell
hoAp he makes iquil air. assuming
that his hearers had read of his pro-
Ieess Wecompress afr as by aweight
of 800 pounds lie said and then
PASS It into a liquefirYs asst call IT, AZ
lfer impurities are eliminated 4 goes
Ifhiu v3ls'es and Is aliowesl T. expand.
TIE. eaisi is intensified until finally some
- ne abr runs aur as liquid.
i.iatisi air h, bowed L is clear
lsubstailee whith afe can see thru. tho
tlle presence ri inaparties clpuds II
islishtly som times, II Gun he run thru
isi inter- however. and then appears as
lei#aF tbs r3tiesi water.
Standing exen under be best temper
tiira conditions aas sibie practically
1T eraeiia eea potafes and the tnenty
GAINES vstsa whfeh Mi. Tiiper had
isit,ta9 ont ffain NeN York mad dwirl-
l,lse,f "a savsn Or eight by the time he
reached mirage.
enie&f ile Fst Things NJ. Tfpler did
wlth tha 4daid air Was nInaiSe i boil
| sli ,hai was necessary fep that was -
l3et II staEa j q tumbsl The heat q
ths ilisnbfai itsslf MAS ppgh 70 callse
ma hpil8Ae ard not aistl tile8Nesssl
ti1at epntaihsa i, WAS rilleefl @ as low
a tenlpsraitliic as tle iquid ail ITSELF
l1id tho boiling stop Tie bslng and
8 tps,iA5ioli ealise aseass IL INC
aims4f,4: IL Nitrogen eanIGned. as the
lntfogen PAS of tits;- That ieaves a
mixture III IN oxygen that eaiaahus-
EtiaI. IS ggsa 81 aeceleratei By IL. To
sfsow ms. Nls Tripler lit a match and
! aisel;..a ii IT the liquid. The match
tiatlad bsisntar thssn before, tho II Mas
81. i is1l7fra.t,i 81 degleSs i1slow
! zsTa tn sam. hing happened 70 i
lg8istJa pHi ia and Gllt KY cone
lgse,i. Isl as piece ri slael Nire.
.n6tliar eieifg = tho liflujI AIT
saoWn Mas is sisa nat wet
4 tlIs carpet when thrown IN Is Slib-
inees pr III ala nef alspeay wet
upiil iasy had u 81 there long enough
ts ha9e fhs talispaeature thoroughly
Wlta ~ rr ries out Of the way
/ FIRST ts baked aruhbef hal h tlis
Ii,itiid fssf iAalls 'ihen ~ thiaR Il
ID i4s ,alsle Ii l5iager ae9sd like
4i,5hs l3l,t rang 9ist Ike metal a
! bst5 l,i9w bsnke i into fragments. as
W@ee giass TIA; Ms because OF
ta4 xsseI!ngly hard fi.eeze ii Had en-
AbglH si,ls titns people Mere asking
4 i9r Isipif8' l7aw i psas that such an NJ
siis sold snisssenee could be iIan-
/ ti. ~ spli wi watch he said.
You wiil sgs that dont lei il touch
ms sy lgns al any point, J Keep il
moving Then III faels less cold than
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