The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-13

4 ACCOMPLISHING APPARATUS.
 We have had an opportunity of wit
 messing a trial of smoke washing ap-
 paratus which has been placed on the
 roof of Romano's restaurant in the
 Strand, London. A similar apparatus
 is being fixed in the basement of the
 Imperial restaurant in Regent street,
 but owing to building operations it's
 application has been temporarily sus-
 pended at that place. This is to be
 regretted, as it is stated that the ap-
 paratus does ite best work when at
 tached to the lower portion of chim-
 ney, as the fan contained in the appar-
 atus so regulates the draught that
 Chimneys are not required. The in
 ventor is Prof. Giovanni Mugna of
 Forli, Italy, who claims for his patent
 that it deprives the smoke of all those
 whether from the point of view of
 health or of cleanliness. It consists of
 metal cylinder at the top of which are openings for the ingress and egress
 of smoke 4 vertical shaft runs
 through the center Of this cylinder.
 carrying on it's upper portion centri-
 fugaI fan and near it's lower end a
 ''WhirIer" or paddle. Smoke is drawn from the chimney into the cylinder by means of the fan and the whirler mix es it with water contained in the bot- | tom of the cylinder After being washed the smoke, now almost colorless, es- \ capes from the upper part of the ap- | paratus. This vaporous residue we |. have not had an opportunity of exam ming chemically, but the inventor states that it contains only faint trace of carbolic acid.
 The following little experiment was | made before us. Pieces of wet blot
 ting paper were held for few seconds over a chimney leading from a fire 1 where bones and other refuse were be- ing burnt. As might be expected, the paper was quickly covered with soot. The smokewashing apparatus was i then connected with the chimney and
 clean wet plotting paper was applied | over the washed smoke outlet. On re-
 moving the paper only three or four smuts were to be seen. The experi- I similar results; it is far to state that 6Veu Lne GeW SIIlutS IIIdy nave DSell blown from chimneys in the immedi- | ate vicinity. Without any great in
 convenience it was quite possible to hold the head over the smoke outlet ! when only a faint odor resembling burning wood could be perceived. On ! the residue at the bottom of the cylin- der being drawn off it was seen to be a thick fluid of ink-like blackness, giv- ing off a strong odor of smoke The apparatus is worked by a small eles- tric motor of about one horse power.
 In a building where some sort of mo- tive power is already in use no spe- cial motor is required and an electric | motor can always be used where a continuous current is supplied. The machine itself only requires to be emp tied once or twice a day. We under ! stand that the apparatus is already in 1 use in Italy The London address of ! the patentee is No. s Denmark street, l Charing Cross road. London, W. c. We save said enough to show that the ! apparatus is one that deserves careful ! trial. If it should prove that it is cap- ! able of doing a fair proportion of what 1 is claimed for it by it's inventor it 1 ought to effect an appreciable differ ence in the atmosphere of any towns | where it may be used.-The Lancet.