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Show Use Hygrometer to Determine the Moisture in Air of Home Overheated, Under-Humid Atmosphere Causes Illness, Damages Furnishings. thermometers, Just long enough to let I he other end of this wick drop Into a water tube, bottle or cistern, which mitst be f.isteued a tittle below this thermometer. This cistern limy be iwy little bottle, such ns a tiny per fume container or si mi 1 1 uieillrlne hot-lit1, hot-lit1, which must be tilled with wuter. This will provide you with a liy l I. Hi f j' Id seeking to regulate humidity lu the borne, the family needs soma method of gauging the amount of moisture in the air, the Holland Institute In-stitute of Thermology. of llollnnd. Mich, points out, Jiict as there are I thermometers to measure temperature, I so there ere two yardsticks for moU lure-content. One of these Is the hygrometer ami the other, the psychrometer. If every ev-ery family would make a point of having hav-ing one of these Instruments, a lone step would be token toward preventing prevent-ing the overheated under-humid at. mospheres that cause respiratory III nessea, damage to furnishings mid decorations, dec-orations, and decrease of bodily coin fort Many hesitate to take this step, however, because of the cost of the Instruments. It Is encouraging to know that an entirely elTectlve hygrometer hy-grometer may be tniide at home, fnlrly easily. This Is just the kind of task to Interest a young person of mechanical mechan-ical turn of mind. Two good thermometers must be bought, preferably ones with the scales etched onto them they are the most accurate. Attach these tubes to a board or piece of wall board, by means of staples or eyelet-screws. The thermometers must be mounted on this base In such a way that they will not be affected by the tempera ture of the mounting. . Then with a piece of thread tie a strip of silk, muslin, or some .other fabric around the bulb of one of the It Is Not Hard to Make an Hygrometer at Home. urometer entirely ndeuiile for determining deter-mining the humidity of your rooms, when used In conjunction with a tit-hie tit-hie which you n::ij' obtain from the Government Printing .Ullce, nt Washington, Wash-ington, D. G Or you may simply use the portion of that tuble reproduced here. |