Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-16
Russell Palmer Tells Some Of Mar
veIs Of New Force,
HE Is NOW IN SALT LAKE.
In nm Interview with the "News,"
lie Predicts IA Revolution In
the Comusercisi world,

Liquid air will render your smoke
consumers unnecessary said Russell
Palmer Of Chicago, who Is making an
extended western tour in the interests
Of liquid air and while here is guest
at The Knutsford.
Liquid air. said Mr. Palmer, is
produced by reducing the temperature
Of ordinary air to Sl6 degrees below
zero. 1t is perfectly dry LIQUID of a
deep blush color, resembling sea water.
II you should dip your finger into II and
allow II to remain there short time
the finger would be frozen stiff when
Withdrawn, but would be as dry as II
you had been holding 1t in the open
air.
Liquid air weighs about the same as
Waterfront ~ to pounds per gallon.
one Of its chief uses, commercially Is
IN regulating the temperature Of re-
frigerator cars.
Iis intense cold concentrated in small
space, together with the fact that IL Is
bb6uibANle Alss PlNNH ~ gu
over ice. especially valuable as | have
said in refrigerating cars, and on ship
board or wherever economy OF space IS
important
'"fhis is done by placing a can OF
liquid air In an ordinary refrigerator
car and allowing ii to evaporate grad
ually, the evaporation being Of course
under proper control ear loaded
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equipped with liquid air refrgerating
apparatus, can be hauled to New York
and the temperature of its interior VIII
not vary eight degrees during the jour
ney,
Furthermore. the use Of liquid air
does away with the dampness arising
from the use of ice and minimizes the
decay of fruit, etc II Is possible through
the use Of liquid air 20 effect a saving
Of sl29 on every carload OF other per
ishable freight across the continent
Another interesting method OF using
liquid air is in reducing and regulating
the temperature Of .Jhea,srs, hotels,
hospitals, private dwellings, churches
etc, during the heated season, This as
In the case Of refrigerator cars, Is done
through evaporation. SolidfAng air
iOlANtHAl avs H. ~ AlluA Nll' bbAipH "
LIQUID air is equal to 500 gallons Of or
binary atmosphere and VIII evaporate
10 that volrme.
zone hundred and fifty gallons Of
LIQUID air would be sufficient 10 keep
a theater comfortably cool during an
evenings performance. I'm the middle Of
August for instance and the regulating
apparatus has been 80 perfected that any
a IN "a % 10 "a :
and maintained. Up to the present time
In cities where the heat Is very in
tense during the summer the theaters
have been obliged 10 close during the
summer months because their patrons
would not sit through performances In
the sitting heat Of their interiors. but
thet is a thing Of the past
Now by using LIQUID air the play
houses may remain open all the year
round II their management so desires.
Think Of the boon this WIN be in the
cities Of tropical countries, the inhabi-
tanis OF which when the use of liquid
air becomes universal as It IL bound to,
viii be able to step from the burden
some heat out OF doors into theaters,
hotels, cafes. stores. etc. delightfully."-
cool and refreshing.
AS II Is used In cooling ana regulat-
Ing the temperature Of theaters, 80 II
may be utilized in making comfortable
the interiors Of hotels. hospitals aud
private homes. 1t is also used exten
siyely In surgical experiments Liquid
afr Is valuable for automobiles, street
cars. and al portable engines. since
no fuel with its necessary tender and
no-yater and tank ana no ponderous
boiler need TO be carried When steam
Is carried far from the boiler as In
steam drills loss by condensation Is
great: the farther liluid air is carried
the more II is expanded and the greater
the force.
In reducing the air from the natural
10 the nquld state" continued Mr. Pal
mer. the oxygen therein begins to IL
ouify at 29O degrees below zero and IS
secured and marketed as commercial
oxygen
1T can be used IN hundred different
Industrial processes-to burn peat or
garbage with the intensity OF heat as
great as the heat Of coal; TO completely
consume low grade Goals. burning even
the smoke OF soft coal and the smell OF
garbage. BY the use OF little electrical