. Artificial incubation and incubators ... as from the lamp are carried off outside theIncubator and cannot by any possibility enter the egg has been a great scource of failure in machines of this class;the fumes from the lamp entering the egg chamber and killingthe chicks. The hot-air chamber is closed by the small door E; the innerdoor B, is then closed and fastened, and then the outer door A,which is double and packed. By this construction the eggs inthe first row next the door are equally warmas those in the backof the machine. The small windows G- G-, give light enough to see
. Artificial incubation and incubators ... as from the lamp are carried off outside theIncubator and cannot by any possibility enter the egg has been a great scource of failure in machines of this class;the fumes from the lamp entering the egg chamber and killingthe chicks. The hot-air chamber is closed by the small door E; the innerdoor B, is then closed and fastened, and then the outer door A,which is double and packed. By this construction the eggs inthe first row next the door are equally warmas those in the backof the machine. The small windows G- G-, give light enough to see the thermom-eters, and also to examine the eggs when hatching, withoutopening the inner door, and thus cooling off the egg chamber. The lamp L is attached to and suspended under the heatingbox by spring catches, one of which is shown at X, and can be detached or putseconds. It canbeing taken is detached,also slides out,ken out of theirare packed insidethus reducing theto about half thatcubator of theAs before sta-constructed en-. Fig. 88. THE ACME INCUBATOB. in place in a fewbe filled withoutIn packing, thethe heating boxthe legs are ta-sockets, and allthe machine;size of the box,of any other in-same capacity,ted, the Acme istirely of metal;is double cased, with a space of three inehes non-conductingpacking between the cases. It is fitted with the same kind of thermostatic or regulating-bar which has proven so successful in the Centennial. Theregulating apparatuses also similar, but much more simple. The egg-drawers are an entirely new invention of my own, andcan be used throughout the entire time of incubation. With theegg-turning-trays heretofore offered, it was necessary to substi-tute a plain drawer or tray with a tight bottom when the chickswere hatching. Another advantage of the Acme turning-traysis that they will hold one more row of eggs than those of anyother make. In an incubator, the size of the No. 1 Acme, thiswould make a difference of fully twenty eggs.
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