Inhaltsangabe
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1840 Excerpt: ... consumed, it is true; but the waste is the same in both, and the results the same. So you see there is a large tribe who damage their machinery, by their own folly. We will talk, to-morrow, of the machinery itself. CHAPTER XIX. OF A TRIBE THAT SPOILT THEIR MACHINERY BY THROWING STONES IN IT, CONTINUED. Mr. Ward. I Need scarcely ask you, this morning, what tribe it is. Ella and Kenneth, together. It is all of us--we are the tribe. Mr. W. At our last meeting, you were all convicted of throwing stones into the beautiful machinery of your bodies. We then convinced you, I hope, that, as the best gas was made from simple coal, so the best human gas is made from the simplest and plainest food. Tom. I am sure I understand that thoroughly; but what do you mean by "human gas?" Mr. W. Why do you eat food? Esther. Because we like it. Ella. Because we are hungry. Mr. W. Very good reasons. Tom, what say you? Tom. Is it to nourish the body, and make it grow? Mr. W. Just so: but what nourishes and supports the body? That apple you are now eating, must be converted into something, before it can nourish your body. What is that something? Tom. Is it blood? Mr. W. Yes; the object of all our eating is to form blood: this is my " human gas;" and, upon its being made from good materials, and also upon its complete purification, depends the working of the machinery. Tom. Pray, tell us more about this machinery. Mr. W. Our gas-man, you remember, had made his gas; or, in other words, he had driven all the gas out of the coal, by the retort, or large pot, in which the gas coal was put, by applying fire to the bottom of it--just the same as if you put a saucepan, filled with small coal, on the fire, with the lid fastened tightly on, and then made a small hole in the lid, for the gas t...
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