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Show The Aerophor. In weaving sheds a humid atmosphere Is of equal importance, otherwise there is a conliDU.il breaking of threads and other prejudicial occurrences. The necessary diffusion of moisture has hitherto been secured se-cured at the expense of the comfort, and even the health of the factory hands, by the projection of steam into the atmosphere atmos-phere and by dampening the floors with water. In either case damage is caused to the machinery nnd buildings, while an unhealthy un-healthy atmosphere is created in which the operatives are obliged to work. In order or-der to obviate all this tho aerophor ha" been invented by a German engineer, and is largely in use In Germany. The aerophor is an apparatus for distributing moisture j in the' form of a very fine water cloud, which may be either cold or warm. The apparatus, which is not large, contains no movable parts, and a singlo pressure pump can work any number of aerophors. The contrivance, which is ii.icd just under un-der the ceiling at given points, consists of two separate nozzles, one forpropellingthb air by creating an induced current, ami the other for moistening it. . A jet of water under pressure is projclcd through a hori-Kontal hori-Kontal nozzlo into a casing in which there is a vertical nozzle. The jet from the horizontal hori-zontal nozzlo causes the induced current of air to act upon the water entering the casing at its upper part through the vertical verti-cal nozzle. Tho water is passed into the atmosphere in tho form of a fine diffusive cloud, the large drops of water being caught aurl retained by the apparatus. The aerophor aero-phor will only project into t he atmosphere such particles of water as are capable of being absorbed immediately, so that damage dam-age to the machinery or fabric is impossible. In the same way, the atmosphere not being super-saturated, there is no injury to health. London Times, |