The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-24


cities, the same breath OF ozone that
lures millions TO the country, the seaside,
and the mountains. Turn a switch and
an ozone breeze is started in a crowded
school. church. Office. or bank that has
the vitalizing quality Of the fresh air OF
the big outdoors.
On the eve Of the vacation those Of US
who have no expectation of going where
sea breezes blow OF where mountain
zephyrs lun the city man TO repose or
where the quiet Of the country serves 10
soothe the edge of oyerwrought nerves
may have the sea breeze, the mountain
zephyr. and the freshness of the country
brought to US. With devices which prom
Use soon to be in the reach Of all we shan
enter into a victorious fight with bad air,
the worst foe Of the people Of cities
worse than impure water or insanitary
food. There is vast import in the an
nouncement that the latest achievement
Of our best servant, electricity. is TO do
all this for US.
America Falls I'm Line.
over in Europe this thing has been
done after a fashion for several years.
Uncle Sam is likely to catch UP, however,
in hurry, because the main problems Of
scientists and electrical engineers in pro
ducing ozonized air have been solved by
Yankee ingenuity differently and better,
those OF ozonizing vast quantities OF afr
quickly and by an instantaneous contact
Of oxygen and electricity at high voltage.
The Yankee method, known as the
''Vohr method, carries the generation OF
ozone a step farther than European
methods have done. II employs a new
principle in electrical manufacture, that
OF charging a fan with electricity. this
fan discharging a cold violet glow in a
ring. IN passing through which the air IS
cleaned and energized by the addition OF
ozone. Tests have shown that the same
effect is silently produced as when a
lightning flash clears the air" during a
thunder shower. The product Is the same
thing that largely explains the stamina
OF the country-bred man when he reaches
the city-ozone which he lived in as a
boy.
As a matter Of fact. ozone has been
known TO scientists since $40. when Prof
Schoenbein, Of Basic. Switzerland. dis
covered Il. The European scientists have
devoted considerable time 10 its study,
with a view OF making II Of some service
to the world. Europe IS IN the lead OF
the United States IN this respect, having
number Of concentrating methods
which are IN extensive use in hotels, the
aters. churches, factories. Offices. stores,
public buildings. and homes.
Americans Now Interested.
Until the last few years American sci
entists. although admitting the great
value Of the manufactured as well as
the natural ozone. made little use OF il
except as germicide and deodorant, il
being especially effective FOR such pur-
poses.
With the development Of cheap electri-
cal power the ozonizer as a commercial
proposition became practical and Ameri-
can inventive genius was called upon 70
set busy. Different ideas were developed.
the evolution Of which produced the
Nohr electric ozonizer, which is now at
practical work In the task Of converting
foul air into the same kind one shifts at
the seaside or on top Of Pixies Peak. It
does this by the electrical shock 10 the
two atoms Of oxygen. not only shaking
them apart but producing a third atom
The third atom is the rover that does
the business. The Vohr machine Is sim
phcity itself Attached 70 an electric
light socket with the switch turned. the
current, in a glowing ring. IS silently dis
charged into the atmosphere. II is that
cold violet glow that does the work and
does It in a fifty. One can pick up the
machine and take IL where most needed.
Europe, with its two years start, has
made great strides which outline the her
culean task set for ozone IN the United
States in cleaning the Augean stables Of
the cities. air which has been breathed
and re-breathed by a thousand persons
of varying degrees Of health and filled
with dust and filth and gases. The war
against tuberculosis takes on new and
definite promise of greattprogress. What
has been accomplished and what tasks
ozone has been set TO cope with abroad
shows the scope Of the field opened by
the success Of the Vohr method.
Widely Used in Europe.
In Germany. Belgium, Norway, Sweden,
France. Switzerland. England, and Rus
STA ozone generators are largely used
In one country in Europe last year over
100000 was expended in ozone appa-
ratus. In England one company has been
turning out between 200 and 500 gener-
ators a month. Their catalogue Is print
ed in eighteen different languages. They
are selling in Japan, China, Hindoostan,
Burma. Ceylon. Africa. Europe. South
America. Mexico. Canada, in fact. all
over the known world.
Ozone is used in Paris. Berlin, st. Pc
tersburg. Nice. Lyons, and about forty
different cities 70 purify their water sup
ply WIDELY or in part
Ozone is also used extensively in bleach
ing fabrics. such as linens and laces;
also TO refine oils in the making Of soap
and TO refine lard. 1t is also employed in
breweries and distilleries. It is in use in
perfume factories; has an extensive field
in preserving fruits and produce, so elimi-
mating the necessity Of ice refrigeration;
has practically taken a permanent hold
in hospitals, particularly IN the treat
ment Of anaemia. insomnia. throat and
lung complaints. such as bronchitis
whoopingcough, pneumonia, tuberculosis
in its incipient stages, &C.
It's proper field, however, seems 10 be
in the matter of purifying air in fac
tories, apartment buildings, general Off
ces. homes, laundries. mines. steamboats,,
assembly halls, lodge rooms, &c.