Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-07
How Compressed Air Feels.

AS the lock Keeper tdrlS t.ic waive,
there is Il scitip-ralsInS Sci'tr, II as II your
| ear were next the safety valve Of Il loco
motive blowing su';,ln; and ui he M
rushing air expands. it fills the ting
| chamber with fos "a dense TIA; YOU cam
not Sc. Your ulnt Drtpl.. Va tyt ;.
Wider and wider the valve is opened,
the fog beco;llin.; rtcH 'i-...t. AZ. "a
racket increasing until lie air f!il'
ur"ncS and your eyes .dl'i '.tr drums and
your very scalu trcuIh!e With thr ar
that is Vibrating about A"ii For the
first time in N"Ur lift YOU rail- that
sound may inilic. physical pain and That
there is IA possibility tlat il :nay Nil
No sooner is til" lI- wave open u th:;I
drums. n big wal Of cotton seems
thrust into each .ar ard Use hi. Ia
gers seem to push ~" Nad, ilpl,' AMI
more tiilnly-uniil ~ ~ tur- wien ycu
swallow on boN ,r" liuS., tn. sen
sation disappears; ,ll,- L" begin anew.
Should YOU purpoScly delay SWALLOWING,
within twenty seconds Tin" p1in becomes
intense and finally excru"i.ttinS rs il Il
fair Of knitting needles wer' beiiI,
pushed deep into your lars.
Nothing short of the Satin thar o.hors
successfully withstand these sensations
prevents You flom becoming unduiy eX-
cited for actually YOU are in the tiroe.;
of about Is diSagreeabl" | situation rs
You care to meet. For til" eternity ~
half Il minute the racket and fog ana
ear pains continue. 'rhen the noise
ceases as suddenly az 1t n"gln. Out of
the fog comes the vote, Of ynu.. guide:
Feeding i'll right? Ears al tight"
n" tr"uhl" to breathe? oh. vn,i'I ~ an
right" Again the valve Sct,.ecl,.s ard
the ali dr"n' s. the top of Your head
tlrohs. and y"u an shaken within ana
witiout.
GladlrallN after the lapse of ten min
utes. when the l,ressurcS III the heading
and the lock become more ,.'pIalizei. th..
din begins /" slacktn: then it falls more
"a
which the hickman opens the heading
door and Ncu gaze upon another length
of tube like that YOU left behind.
How does it feel to be under forty
pounds pressure" There is no sensation
to it, Non" whatever Which is tie
trouble. foi. in case Your heart IS going
to give out there is no warning syInp-
ton until too late. Against every square
foot of the surface of your body is
pressure If 3.I66 pounds. AMI he only
thing tina; prevents You fron being
SqUa shed is the $50 pounds per square
foot pressure inside of you-yct YOU do
not feel this. Tic pressure from with
ont is so great that we've il not for the
pressure within YOU would he smashed
fiat at 4 ,ad run over by a steam roller:
and the pressure within YOU is so great
mat were it not counterhalanccd by the
pressure from without Won would cN-
pl"d" TO atoms like the shell of a dyna-
NIT cartridge. Yet You have no means
Of i,"lizin:, this You feel perfectly nat
ul;l. You Lrt athc normally ana without
eti"t. You nove about without being
cor - II ex"rtion. Only a fe ling as
cf water left in the ears after bathing
L, lG2':.s. Tn" noise of rumbling cars
aIC O. ral ing @h1vclS from ahead sounds
natural. :" does the voice of your
guide only Your own voice ms
s''"n:r' il. your 'ryn ears-far deeper in
f. .,ff. nj as if it came from your own
n'c"th hnt as if from ten feet behind
Ais. and this strikes YOU queerly I'M
til YOU have found the cause all sounds
Pr 'hopp" off short. for in this heavy
. >p'' re there is little echo and car
wing power. Even the explosion of ii
dvnarlite "a fridge makes no more nois,
IN this dense atmosphere. were you u
Try to whistle with your lips or t. blow
"r"p@t ~ tif". You might blow Your
lI"~S "l;' Wit hout producing "A sound
for the pressure would resist any sound
waves Of which your lungs were capable
Owing "a tie excessive. supply of oxv-
gen were ,-o.i t. light Il match i would
hum with tAo rari'ity Of finder. amid
VuI;',,-es Of roEe. i'r' the same reason
srlf ont vii in = few minutes. emitting
v"lrn'"s ~ :'ol that would completely
lidr tire flr'.s. And for the same reason
iigh:-.l Njp" NJ cigar will burr of it
:. IF without sutton. and q single mouth
FIJI u srnk is al Won would he able
II Get out of = cigarette Were YOU to
hln" ar empty. corked bottle into this
pr'' gre from the outside the pressure
again: ~" cork. unbalanced ~ pres sure
from within. would be 50 great that YOU
would be unable to pull the stopper
find when under forty pounds of pres
--lippipIOu'S MaCiZine