Salt Lake Herald | 1890-12-14 | Page 6 | Sugar in Battery Work

i I I Sugar in Ilattcry AVork A correspondent Vritcs to Tho Victorian Victo-rian Electrical Telegraphic Journal as i I follows I became aware of a wrinkle lately that I am confident will be a novelty nov-elty to many of your readers and also of use One of our telegraph inspectors gave it to me He came to my station and found that the battery was not up to his idea of what a battery should b He took it town and renewed it When t was put up again he asked me to favor him with a little sugar I asked him what ho wanted with sugar He quietly laughed and said Get some and I will show you what it is for Igot it and he began to wash his hands in the usual way with soap and water but after rubbing the soap ho added the sugar and immediately 8 good lather came He washed his hands twice and told me to do likewise I did and to my pleasure my hands came out of the wash clean and soft He told me always to do so when working with magnesia or copper solutions and the nasty dry feeling that usually is experienced ex-perienced when working with a battery t is quite done away with