Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-19

steam. Il ls question Of time only
when 10 win be utilized In all engines
stationary and locomotive, and In the
point of economy or cheapness no 9TH
en- motive power. SO FAR discovered,
can possibly compare with Il.
one English scientist expended In
HIS researches over $3.50 600 and In the
end succeeded IN producing about one
and one-half ounces OF liquid air.
whereas Prof Trlpler has reduced the
cost of manufacture to three and one
half cents per gallon, when produced
In large quantities. Il IS estimated that
the use Of liquid air viii save from 30
to 80 per cent Of the cost OF power for
transportation and navigation. Let NJ
see what that means. A vessel which
uses 100 tons OF coal per day would
save. by the use OF liquid air 5000 per
round trip: and a vessel using 800 tons
per day would save $4,000 per round
trip. The same Measurement applies
TO locomotive engines and when the
vast amount OF traffic IN the world IS
taken into consideration the millions OF
monthly savings in this line is almost
incalculable
SUBMARINE BOATS.
The governments OF the United
States. Great Britain and Franee now
have under consideration the employ
ment OF liquid air IN submarine
boats, OF which SO much has been
said OF late. Il Is desirable
not only on account Of us economy as
a power. but also because II entirely
overc0mes one OF the main obstacles 10
submarine navigation, In that Il fur
nishes perfectly pure air for occupants
Of the vessel In place OF the impure
and poisonous air IN which they have
Of necessity been heretofore confined.
FOR AUTOMOBILES.
It IS foretold that the automobile Is
the coming vehicle for local transpor-
tauon and LIQUID air can supply It's
power at fraction Of the cost required
for any other motive force Prof. @. a.
B0brick, q noted Russian engineer grad
uate from the School Of Technology
az ST. Petersburg. states that from the
investigations and experiments made
10 is perfectly practical 20 apply LIQUID
air as a motive power 20 automobiles,
one Of which Is now In course 81 con-
structi0n. The space occupied by the
storage battery Ia an electric vehic p
comprises ten cubic feet and the car
riage Is driven by lts power for a dis
lance OF sixty or seventy miles. FIJI
This same space with liquid air and the
automobile is driven distance OF loo
miles and az a cost OF from one-third
90 one-half a cent per mile.
IN METALLURGY.
There IS a field Of practically mex
haustible extent for the use Of the pro-
duct In smelling. In the Bessemer'z-
ing OF steel and the smelling OF copper
aud lead the saving Will eventually
amount 20 hundreds Of thousands OF
dollars annually. because OF the pres
ence OF almost perfect combustion
when liquid air is applied 70 the FUR
naces. ..
AS a REFRIGERANT
In its use as a refrlgerant the extent
/ OF the saving possibilities VI liquid air
over Zee on ammonia is almost equal
/ to that In power. Very few people have
any conception OF the refriger3ting in-
dustry In the world today To- the
/ United states alone Che cost % reirig-
Grafton is estimated at SlloOO0Ol0 a6-
] nualiy and "a single Instance WIN give
one some idea of the saving etcctea
! through The use of the new product
| The annual transportation OF FRUIT
| from California % the East involves
the use OF 10000 cars. with an eXpendi-
| tlrc OF approximately 81 ,33l.5o0 foc Ice
. and the freight upon lee. The same
| results can be attained hy The use Of
S9Itl0 worth 81 luuid AIR showing "A
l saving in one year 0f Sl8l00oo Taking
into consideration tho fact that the
| transportation of fruit is but very