How To Keep Cool
May. 28th, 2012 08:19 pmFrom the Daily Telegraph, 9 September 1899:
The thermometer 92deg. in the shade in London in July. Hence the following with accompanying illustration, from the "Daily Mail"-
"When everyone is trying to solve the problem of how to keep cool, it is not surprising that the always-willing-to-oblige inventor should come forward with suggestions for improving the lot of perspiring humanity. The [below] illustration embodies the more or less Quixotic devices for keeping cool which the heat wave has brought forth.
( Illustration )
"A penny releases a miniature blizzard from an automatic machine which sets an electric fan working. The pocket-stove used in Arctic countries has its counterpart in the pocket refrigerator, while the small electric battery in the hip-pocket sends a current of cool air through the coil which encircles the legs. London is not adopting these inventions with any degree of enthusiasm."
The thermometer 92deg. in the shade in London in July. Hence the following with accompanying illustration, from the "Daily Mail"-
"When everyone is trying to solve the problem of how to keep cool, it is not surprising that the always-willing-to-oblige inventor should come forward with suggestions for improving the lot of perspiring humanity. The [below] illustration embodies the more or less Quixotic devices for keeping cool which the heat wave has brought forth.
( Illustration )
"A penny releases a miniature blizzard from an automatic machine which sets an electric fan working. The pocket-stove used in Arctic countries has its counterpart in the pocket refrigerator, while the small electric battery in the hip-pocket sends a current of cool air through the coil which encircles the legs. London is not adopting these inventions with any degree of enthusiasm."
