. American pomology : Apples. Apples. KIPENING AND PRESERVING FRUITS. 291 ceiling should be metallic, so as to enable the caloric to be rapidly abstracted from the space below. The house, patented by Prof. Nyce, is essentially a large refrigerator, with the ice at the top, and provided with absorbents for removing from the air the moisture it has received from the fruit. Its construction will be understood from the accompanying diagrams and description. The letter- ing of similar parts is the same in all three diagrams; the description is that of the inventor. (A) Foundation walls. The ground
. American pomology : Apples. Apples. KIPENING AND PRESERVING FRUITS. 291 ceiling should be metallic, so as to enable the caloric to be rapidly abstracted from the space below. The house, patented by Prof. Nyce, is essentially a large refrigerator, with the ice at the top, and provided with absorbents for removing from the air the moisture it has received from the fruit. Its construction will be understood from the accompanying diagrams and description. The letter- ing of similar parts is the same in all three diagrams; the description is that of the inventor. (A) Foundation walls. The ground floor is leveled off, and made solid, and even with the foundation walls. (jB) a covering of tar and pitch, one-half inch thick, put over the ground and foundation walls, to pre- vent the entrance of mois- ture. The tar and pitch should be mixed so as to be only moderately hard- ened by the temperature of the ground. (D) The Fig. 's PRuiT PRESERviNa ^1^^^^ bctwccn the walls HOUSE. (CROSS SECTION.) ig composcd of short dry shavings, chaff, or other poor conductors, 3^ feet thick, on the bottom and sides. (C) Joist for plank floor, 3| feet above the ground. The floor is made level throughout. (jP) Chloride of calcium, or dried waste-bit- tern, from salt works, spread on every part of the floor of the preserving room, to absorb moisture. {I I) Air-tight casings, made of common sheet-iron, No. 26; the edges. 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 resemble the original Warder, J. A. (John Aston), 1812-1883. New York : Orange Judd and company
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