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Show Breathing Sodium Peroxide. At last man has learned to live without air. Sodium peroxide, ono of the newer products of electrolysis, Is a compound of sodium with oxygen that decomposes In tho presenco ol damp carbon'c acid. The value of this substanco may bo gathered from the fact that a man can live in an airtight box as long na any sodium peroxide remains re-mains unconverted. It Is suggested that, by means of sodium peroxide, submarine boats will bo ablo to remain re-main under water for considerably longer periods than hitherto has been possible. Just how long will bo a matter of calculation, tho factors In tho calculat'on being tho amount of oxygon coinerted Into carbonic acid by one man in ono hour, the number of men present", and tho weight of, poroxido tint can bo carried. Used in mines, -It should enable a miner to live with his head literally In a bag of India rubber containing this poroxido, porox-ido, whereby ho can tide over a porlod of danger. |