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. The new hydropathic cook-book : with recipes for cooking on hygienic principles : containing also a philosophical exposition of the relations of food to health : the chemical elements and proximate constitution of alimentary principles : the nutritive properties of all kinds of aliments : the relative value of vegetable and animal substances : the selection and preservation of dietetic materials, etc., )\\\ FILTKR. 34 Hydropathic The most simple Filter—Yarn Filter—London Stone-ware Filter. Fig. YARN FILTER. and Fig. 8 is a large garden-pot with a hole in theb
. The new hydropathic cook-book : with recipes for cooking on hygienic principles : containing also a philosophical exposition of the relations of food to health : the chemical elements and proximate constitution of alimentary principles : the nutritive properties of all kinds of aliments : the relative value of vegetable and animal substances : the selection and preservation of dietetic materials, etc., )\\\ FILTKR. 34 Hydropathic The most simple Filter—Yarn Filter—London Stone-ware Filter. Fig. YARN FILTER. and Fig. 8 is a large garden-pot with a hole in thebottom, into which is inserted a small tube, or a round bit ofwood with a hole in it, through which the filtered water passesinto the vessel placed there to receive it. The most simple, perhaps, of all filtering contrivances isrepresented in fig. 9. A thickwick or skein of cotton or worstedthread is hung over the edge of adeep basin or jar; and the waterfollows the course of the threads,by what is called capillary attrac-tion, leaving the impurities filtration, however, is not ascomplete as by other methods. The original London stone-warefilter, of which most of the similardevices seen in the shops are modirications or imitations, is shown in fig10. The impure water is put in the vessel at a, passes through the cock, 6, anddrops into the projecting lip of anotheivessel at c, which has a movable partition pierced with numerous small holesA piece of woolen cloth or a slice ofsponge is placed on this pa
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