Popular Science.
The following says the Chemical Netcs, is from a recent number of the Ashton Reporter : " Water carried as Gas. — M. Pasteur, a nephew of the celebrated chemist of that name, has recently adapted an old discovery to great prac- , ical use. It is a well known fact that the crossing of the great African desert is accomplished by means of caravans composed of camels, horses, etc., the water for which has to be transported on the back of the consumer. This lessens to a great degree their freighting capacity. M. Pasteur has established suitable works at the numerous termini of the routes for separating the water into oxygen and hydrogen. As the latter is sixteen times lighter than the former, and is the gas used in baloons, it carries the oxygen and a considerable part of the camel, besides furnishing light on dark nights. He unites the gases by the simple means of explosion when desired for use. The French Government has created M. Pasteur a commander of the Legion of Honor for his great adaptation."
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Tuapeka Times, Issue 851, 30 June 1883, Page 2 (Supplement)
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