Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-03-24
WHOLE NUMBER 2.337.
NOVELTIES OF INVENTION.
What en- Advantage Succeeding Generations
Will Have Over Us,

What an Advantage Succeeding Generations
Will Have Over Us.
A new invention with which the
War Department has recently been
making experiments is a selfcooking
food. This comes in double pocketed
tin cans, the space between the two
pockets being filled with unslaked
lime. All that one has to do when
the contents are to be cooked" is to
puncture the proper point in the outer
jacket and pour little water upon the
lime. Immediately an intense heat is
generated, and in few moments the
contents of the Can are steaming hot.
Thus is accomplished the remarkable
feat of cooking meal without fire.
The same invention includes CO flee
pot OF the same nature.
AS Bavarion electrician, Hugo
Helberger was experimenting on the
drying OF an ingot mold in the ground
by means OF the electric current, he
noticed that worms issued from the
ground nearby, writhing as if in pain
and seeming in great hurry to get
away. Following up the idea he has
devised an apparatus to rid soil OF
worms and noxious insects. By plant
ing numerous electrodes in the earth
at proper intervals, he has succeeded
in driving all crawling things from a
considerable space in very brief time
These experiments are expected to
result in much practical benefit. The
soil itself is not injured by the current,
but, on the contrary, the salts set free
by it acts as fertilizer.
The women OF London are very
much interested in new invention
whereby it will be possible to make
light summer clothes warm enough to
use all winter. This is made possible
by diffusing the clothing with heat
waves by means OF An ingenious elec.
trical device. Furs, which of late
have become very expensive, will here.
after not be necessary. Summer
gowns of chiffon and lace will be
warmed and made as comfortable as
velvet and fur. Nearly all women
prefer dainty summer gsrb to the
heavy clothes of winter, and thanks
TO the inventor of dress electrification,
they can now indulge in their fancies.
There is every indication that the
lull in development OF practical use
of liquid air, will soon be at An end
and that the strange product and its
constituents, oxygen and nitrogen, will
coon be of economic value in cooling
the house. There is every indication
now that within the next decade these
will be delivered at the
door, just a. milk and groceries are
to-day, and at minimum price.
When this time arrives. architects will
plan for cooling pipes, just as they do
now for heating apparatus. Inventors
have now perfected this system to
such an extent that they are building
. plant which will manufacture every
"a hours liquid air which, in cooling
effect, will be equivalent to 200 tons Of
ice. First it is proposed to interest
large manufacturing establishments,
and later, when its value and practic.
ability are fully recognized, to prepare
it for use in the ordinary household.
1t will be delivered in insulated con.
tainers, ready to attach to the pipes,
when by simply turning a faucet the
temperature desired may be obtained.
NJ. H. Brown is the inventor of q
new American gun which has been
constructed under charge OF Col. ]. M.
Ingslle, retired, U. s. A., an artillerist
of high standing and reputation.
Despite the incredIbility OF contempor.
sry gun-builders, Col. ingalls, and the
officers with him, assert that the elk.
inch gun will throw 80 miles a pro.
jectile weighing 100 pounds, which
will pierce . six.inch steel target. A
10-inch gun OF this construction with
a powder chamber of 14,259 cubic
inches, and using $50 pounds of
smokeless powder, would hurl q 6OO-
pound projectile distance of SO miles.
Increasing this ratio, l6-inch gun
would have an extreme range of more
than 100 miles, and equipped with
such a coast defense England and