. The Cuba review. THE CUBA RE VI E W 29 Sugar as a Disinfectant. Professor Trilbert, of the Pasteur In- stitute at Paris, has demonstrated re- cently that burning sugar develops for- mic acetylene-hydrogen, one of the most powerful antiseptic gases known. Five grams of sugar ( grains) were burned under a glass bell holding 10 quarts. After the vapor had cooled bacilli of typhus, tuberculosis, cholera, smallpox, etc., were placed in the bell in open glass tubes and within half an hour all the microbes were dead. If sugar is burnt in a closed vessel containing putrified meat or the con- te
. The Cuba review. THE CUBA RE VI E W 29 Sugar as a Disinfectant. Professor Trilbert, of the Pasteur In- stitute at Paris, has demonstrated re- cently that burning sugar develops for- mic acetylene-hydrogen, one of the most powerful antiseptic gases known. Five grams of sugar ( grains) were burned under a glass bell holding 10 quarts. After the vapor had cooled bacilli of typhus, tuberculosis, cholera, smallpox, etc., were placed in the bell in open glass tubes and within half an hour all the microbes were dead. If sugar is burnt in a closed vessel containing putrified meat or the con- tents of rotten eggs, the offensive odor disappears at once. Death of Mr. Hugh Kelly. The many friends of Mr. Hugh Kelly were grieved on October 30 last to hear of his death after a short illness. Mr. Kelly had been connected with the sugar trade for many years, and was one of the best informed in his line. His con- nections were numerous and varied, not only in the United States, but in Cuba and the West Indies. His loss will be very widely felt. Franklin H. Kalbfleisch Co. flDanufacturing Cbemtsts Aqua Ammonia Agua Acetic Acid Acido Acetico Sulphuric Acid Acido Sulfurico Muriatic Acid Acido Muriatico Nitric Acid Acido Nitrico Phosplioric Acid Acido Fosforico y Productos Quimicos Pesados para todos propositos. Se mandan Listas de Precios a peticion. BROAOW^AY AND SIXXEEIVXH SXREEX, IVETV YORK WORKS Brooklyn, N. Y.; Waterbury, Conn.; Erie, Pa.; Elizabeth, N. "LINK-BELT" CANE UNLOADERS are fitted with the Dodge Automatic Sling-hook; the transfer of the load is, therefore, made quickly and profitably. Write to us about conveying machinery, bagasse feeders, etc LINK-BELT COMPANY 299 BROADWAY NEW YORK CITY Please mention THE CUBA REVIEW when writing to Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resem
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