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Show Mr. Trlpler'i Llqald Air. I From a Washington Letter: A Mr. Tripler has obtained a patent for producing pro-ducing liquefied air by interna cold. It is a grayish-looking fluid, and each gallon represents 800 cubic feet of ordinary or-dinary air, so that its expansive power pow-er Is tremendous. There is, however, no danger in handing It, and It can be easily confined in jars or cans of iron or steel. A Mr. Stearne of Zurich has obtained a patent for reducing carbcnlo acid gas to liquid form, and he proposes pro-poses to sell it to the publia In little steel capsules, small enough to be carried In the vest pocket. By this invention every man can have a soda fountain with him wherever he goes, for by unscrewing the capsule and dropping its contents Into a pitcher or bottle of water the liquid dissolves into in-to gas again and charges the water like apollinarls or soda in a fountain or a siphon. A company is being formed for the purpose of making capsules and charging them with the liquid gas. It is proposed to put them up in little boxes, to be supplied to the publio through druggists and grocers and furnish fur-nish them to hospitals, steamships, armies and navies in quantity. |