. Scientific American Volume 78 Number 01 (January 1898) . winter surprisesthem. A STOFFEB FOB BOTTLES, JABS, stopper with which the necks of bottles, jars, etc.,may toe hermetically sealed in a simple and effectivemanner is shown in the accompanying illustration,and has been patented by Herman R. Melster, ofWhitewater, Wis. Fig. 1 is a view in perspective show-ing the device applied to close a bottle neck. Fig. 3 be-ing a sectional view representing the stopper beforeand Fig. 3 showing it after being pressed down. Thebottle neck is fitted with the usual neck wire, on whichis fulerumed a
. Scientific American Volume 78 Number 01 (January 1898) . winter surprisesthem. A STOFFEB FOB BOTTLES, JABS, stopper with which the necks of bottles, jars, etc.,may toe hermetically sealed in a simple and effectivemanner is shown in the accompanying illustration,and has been patented by Herman R. Melster, ofWhitewater, Wis. Fig. 1 is a view in perspective show-ing the device applied to close a bottle neck. Fig. 3 be-ing a sectional view representing the stopper beforeand Fig. 3 showing it after being pressed down. Thebottle neck is fitted with the usual neck wire, on whichis fulerumed a lever carrying a bail whose middle por-tion extends through a vertical slot in a yoke, whichhas depending lugs adapted to rest on the top edge ofthe bottle neck, and from the middle of the yoke, be-low the slot, extends a support for an elastic plug, onwhose top surface is a washer, the plug being adaptedto pass into and be expanded in the mouth of thebottle. When the parts are in the position shown inFig. 3 the yoke is supported from the bail, and the. HELSTEBS BOTTLE STOFPEB. stopper is held over the mouth of the bottle, but whenthe lever is swung downward the lugs of the yoke seatthemselves on the top edge of the neck, a furtherdownward swinging motion carrying the lever downinto locked position, and pressing the stopper downinto the neck of the bottle, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. i* < « I » THE JANVABY HEAVENS. BY OARRETT P. BERVIBB. The glory of the winter heavens culminates in theevenings of January. Only one planet is well placedfor observation at present, but the constellations thatdecorate the new year will continue to return, withoutsensible retardation, for many hundreds of years tocome. In the popular imagination the Southern Cross,invisible from our latitudes, appears as the cynosure ofthe constellations, but in fact Orion, visible from alllatitudes, and the chief spectacle of the winter sky inthe northern hemisphere, excels every other constella-tion in the c
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