Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-03
Or. BELL EXPERIMENTS
IN MAKING HOME COOLER
Says This Process Is Just as Neces.
sary as Heating 1t in
Winter.
LEADS COLD AIR THROUGH PIPE
Recalls Fact That President Taft
Installed Refrigerator Device In
White HouSc--Bclicvcs He Is More
Successful in Efforts.

WASH TNGTON, August You heat
your house IN winter; why not cool i;
This ids "a, occurred rn to Dr. Alsxander
'fS Tf'TTs rant wh h11 he was
in til" White House. had refriserat.
ing device PM in the Offices, which
Boil behaves he procured better results
by his home made" cooling arrange
meni IN his Connecticut Avenue resi-
In a communication to the National
GeorGranhic Society DR.. Bell describes
Of some .thr,y-nve dcgrees-and You
can try this out on your own home If
YOU arc handy about the house.
Man Lives in Arctics.
heat our houses and live, he ex.
plains: we go down to the tropics
Il have found one radical defec, in
The construction of our houses that
aosoiutely precludes the possibility of
S S.I} them to any sreat degrees You
he ss'yiih,!r than warm air. You can take
carry il abou, in the summer time and and
not spill q drop. bat if you make a
,Sne IN the bottom of your bucket
run out.
=! began TO think that it nigh, he
possible TO apply the bucket principle
ton homo. and thus secure place
edem pefTc .n ;, IN The summer time: L
openings near the bottom of the room
20 prcytent -. The escape. Of cold air and
OH 0nfn tbc me 6oa Wtndows at the TOP to let
Uses Swimming Tnnk.
Now, II so happens that | have in
me oasemcnt Of my house swim.
since this tank holds water ate 80 II .no nd
certainly hold cold air, so ti;rncd
me Inc "a water ont 10 study the situation.
81 reflected, however. that the con.
osnsation OF moisture resulted from
WEE Mere " G6o tha' ,n ,he sides Of The :snE
Water yapor will not condense on anv
ming that is warmer than itself and
II II T. occurred ,Sa, to me that If introduced
wanted TO use. then it would be warm.
d tng up IN the tank and becoming
post moisture on the sides. and Would
actually absorb the moisture there,
therefore provided a refrigerator
ice covered with salt This was piaced
IN nnother room at higher elevation
n ,sbn tne tanE, and pipe covered with
the cold air into the tank.
The first effect was the driving ~
Inc walls and then ! felt the level Of
Ire i c, r0ta ar air Eradqally rising. Al las,
=.
fuil; and ] found myself immersed in
cool air. ! felt so cool and comfort
able that IL seemed difficult to believe
that Washington stood sizzling out
SIDE. ! climbed up the ladder in the
swimming tank until my head was
above the surface and then found my
self breathing a hot, damp. muEgy at
mosphere. /, therefore speedily re-
treated into the tank. where ! was per.
fectly cool and comfortable
Guided by this experience. tried
announcer experiment in my house,
put the refrigerator in the attic and
led the cold air downward through A
pine covered with asbestos into one
of the rooms of the house. The doors
were Kept shut and the windows were
opened at the top. The Temperature in
0at room was perfectly comfortable,
Some time ago the papers were
speaking of an ice plant that had been
installed In the White House and con.
Erntu!ated the President, then Mr.
Taft. upon temperature Of only SO
-, rees when the thermometer showed
100 degrees outside. Under similar
conditions enjoyed in my house a
temperature OF g. degrees tthe ideal
t.mpcra turc), with "a delicious feeling
OF freshness in the air"