Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 April 1901 — Novel Electric Heater For Liquids. [ARTICLE]

Novel Electric Heater For Liquids.

A novel idea in electric heaters for liquids has been patented by a Canadian. It consists substantially of a metallic receptacle, having an electrode passing through but insulated from the wall thereof and near the bottom. One of the conducting wires is secured to this pole, while the other is grounded upon the metallic wall. Owing to the very high resistance of water, and diffusion therein of carbonate or certain other liquids, it is not practical to use them in the receptacle in their natural or normal state, and therefore the inventor decreases the resistance by the salt of sodium or like suitable substances. When the current is turned on to the receptacle containing the liquid, the latter is soon heated to a very high temperature, and other vessels may be suspended therein containing articles desired to be heated.