Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891 by Various
page 34 of 161 (21%)
page 34 of 161 (21%)
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A mixture of water and liquefied carbon dioxide upon being discharged through pipes at high pressure causes the rapid expansion of the gas and converts the mixture into spray more or less frozen, and portions of the liquid carbon dioxide are frozen, owing to its rapid expansion, and are thus thrown upon the fire in a solid state, where said frozen carbon dioxide in its further expansion not only acts to put out the fire, but cools the surface upon which it falls, and thus tends to prevent reignition. A represents a receptacle sufficiently strong to stand a pressure of not less than a thousand pounds to the square inch. B B water receptacles. [Illustration: Fig. 1] In the drawings we have shown two receptacles B and only one receptacle A; but we do not wish to confine ourselves to any particular number, nor do we wish to confine ourselves to the horizontal position in which the receptacles are shown. C is a pipe leading from the receptacle A to a point at or near the bottom of the receptacle B. F is a pipe through which the mixture of water and liquefied gas from the receptacle B is forced by the expansion of said liquefied gas, the said pipe taking the mixture of water and liquefied gas from the bottom of the receptacle. |
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