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<h2>SEE'S GAS STOVE.</h2>
<p>This stove consists of two or more superposed pipes provided
with radiators. A gas burner is placed at the entrance of either
the upper or lower pipe, according to circumstances. The products
of combustion are discharged through a pipe of small diameter,
which may be readily inserted into an already existing chimney or
be hidden behind the wainscoting. The heat furnished by the gas
flame is so well absorbed by radiation from the radiator rings that
the gases, on making their exit, have no longer a temperature of
more than from 35 to 40 degrees.</p>
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<p class="ctr">SEE'S GAS STOVE.</p>
<p>The apparatus, which is simple, compact, and cheap, is
surrounded on all sides with an ornamented sheet iron casing. Being
entirely of cast iron, it will last for a long time. The joints,
being of asbestos, are absolutely tight, so as to prevent the
escape of bad odors. The water due to the condensation of the gases
is led through a small pipe out of doors or into a vessel from
whence it may evaporate anew, so as not to change the hygrometric
state of the air. The consumption of gas is very small, it taking
but 250 liters per hour to heat a room of 80 cubic meters to a
temperature of 18° C.--<i>Revue Industrielle</i>.</p>
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<p>The number of persons killed by wild animals and snakes in India
last year was 22,125, against 21,427 in the previous year, and of
cattle, 46,707, against 44,669. Of the human beings destroyed,
2,606 were killed by wild animals, and 19,519 by snakes. Of the
deaths occasioned by the attacks of wild animals, 895 were caused
by tigers, 278 by wolves, 207 by leopards, 356 by jackals, and 202
by alligators; 18,591 wild animals and 322,421 snakes were
destroyed, for which the Government paid rewards amounting to
141,653 rupees.</p>
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