Show water as fuel the use of water as a fuel is ia now att attracting rating a good deal of attention we read in the revue Uni uhe verselle seUK the vapor of water has already been utilized utilised in metallurgy as an agent of oxidation in the roasting of certain minerals particularly to facilitate the separation of the compounds of antimony and arsenic in moet alic sulphur ets for several years attempts have been leen made to employ the calorie power of the hydrogen contained in water and it is the same line of invent invention 10 fon ion n that maire malre and o valler valier have sought to utilise utilize as a combustible in industrial furnaces and particularly in metallurgic operations water watery fed in a regular and intermittent manner into a hot fire is is decomposed into oxygen and hydrogen the combustion of the latter iatter in presence of the atmospheric air the oxygen of the water ater being employed in burning the carbon produces a cons demable beat in addition to that of the principal combustible there results then a considerable augmentation of heats heat without any addition of solid fuel and consequently a more rapid fusion of metals and materials mae male rials and an economy of f fiel fuei iel lel which the authors of the process state varies from forty to fifty per cent |