Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-09-27
FIRE DEFY|kG LIQUID,
Denver Mans Discovery 10 Make
Wood Fireprooi.
coLoRLtss. oDoRLEsS FLUID
ces,, g., 10 Cents . Gsiicn snc Is
Deemed Absolutely Efse;i~s-S
Dress o ppss In the lisuie. {; Is De
elsres. vii Net 6-rn-

press y SpeG ~ Nfls ~a~~H - - - -
slsres. vii Ne; Burn.
spurre~i 10 the labor % discovering a
liquid applications u which would rel-
Irr canvas and wool imI-rvious 70
dre by the disaster In the IroluOis
theater In Chicago. Professor Carl +.
Kruger Of Denver aunOunces that hr
: now able 10 formulate cpl"rless,
odorleSs ruid the presence VI which
cannot l- detected. Al the slight eA-
tRnse OF 10 cents a gallon. which rem
ders cOmbustibIes with which IL comes
In contact absolutely nrepro0i. says
the Columbus Dispatch.
Professor Kruger i German. SIX
~ years old. and a photographer lie
has been in that business since lhss
when he began polishing daguerre0-
type plates for his father At that
time IL was necessary for the phoi0s-
rspher 10 manufacture his own sup
plies. and 8 knowledge OF chemistry
was essential Professor krueger stud
led chemistry under pr. Nogel Of Der
lin aud at that time began expert
menring In the photography Of colors.
He saws he has succeeded In catching
light red brown aud blue with the
camera. but VIII not attempt 10 make
pictures for the public until he Is able
TO take deep red and yellow also.
Professor Kruger. u test the quail
Ties Of his TIRE detylng liquid per
forms a number Of experiments.
single is dipped into the euid. al
lowed 10 dry and then dipped in keno
sene, which Is ignited. The oil burns
and the shingle Is chaned. but lis
strength and sOiidity are unaffected
Canvas prepared with the fluid i
soaked ia kerosene. The oil burns
| out and the canvas Is only blackened-
| ercept where IL has been heated 10
white heat and iamelessly turned TO
| ashes. The quality of the canvas Is
| DESTROYED by such a test as kerosene,
| although IL does not become icnited.
A small stick Of pine. heavy With
pitch. after being dipped In the liquid
was placed across a tarilg gas burner.
! The pitch was boiled out OF the wood
/ and burned. the iron Of the heater
grew red. but the little pine stick only
! biackened and came ont OF the ordeal
as solid and hard a. ever
A soft pine box was sprayed with
| the LIQUID and then stuffed with papers
| drcuched In kerosene, The flames shot
! up through L crack at the top. curled
! around the sides and seemed 10 bc
burning the box as PAPER, but when
the FIRE had died down the box was
only blackened. otherwise intact
Professor Kruger Is employed at al
| Arapahoe street studio. He has been
In Denver Of and ON for six years.
Speaking Of bis discovery. he said:
There need be no more fires on the
stage. where women and little chill
dren Will lie burned up. In fact there
need lie no fires any place. Roofs can
be sprayed with this fluid and then a
bonfire built on them. Box cars can
be protected and lumber yards made
freproof
a silk dress can he dipped in this
and will not burn. | have found that
It viii not wash out. but long boiling
will take out the chemical
In the future houses can I've sprayed
with this aud then painted The paint
will protect the huid from the rain
and weather and render the house
fireproof. feel very proud Of my dis
coyery. and have tested il as severe
ly | could. have known for a long
time how 10 manufacture fluid that
would repel file, but left stain when
applied.
Il have applied TO Washington for ii
patent, and If | can get any money
out Of 1t am going 10 take up photo
graphing In colors II costs money
to experiment. especially in trying 10
take pictures In their original color.
because they are not treated like the
other kinds of pictures"