Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1895 — Frost-Resisting Pipe. [ARTICLE]

Frost-Resisting Pipe.

What is claimed to be a frost-resisting lead pipe has been patented. The peculiarity of the pipe consists in its being corrugated instead of round. The principle is that the corrugations admit of sufficient “yield” to the abnormal pressure, while a round pipe does not. Ex* periments are now being conducted by the aid of refrigerators. Within a year ffew Jersey has lost four ex-governors, namely, Bedle, Abbott, Price and Green. Ebony wood Is hardened after felling by immersion in water for periods varying from six to eighteen months.