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top and sides by heavy insulation, not allowing the water 

 to cool offi This is not in the hot air ' machines. We 

 have no rsason to speak a good word for one more than 

 the other, for we make both kinds and know that one is 

 just as good as the other. Naturally, those firms that only 



make one kind claim the kind they make is the best, which 

 is natural for them to do. Not so with us, for we know 

 from experience what both kinds will do, hence we are not 

 partial and will tell the actual facts. 



General Construction of the Reliable Incubators 



THE CASE. 



The walls of these machines are double; the space be- 

 tween them carefully insulated with the best of non-con- 

 ductora of heat known. All lumber 'used is thoroughly sea- 

 soned. ■ 



The top above tank is heavily insulated with four thick- 

 nesses of cotton, separated by as many sheets of non-ton- 

 ducting, heavy cardboard, also, an extra layer of cardboard 

 above and below. 



The Standard Eeliable Incubator has two 

 separate doors, which are made extra thi<'k, 

 with extra heavy glass. This arrangement per- 

 mits an easy observation of_.all pajts 'of the - 

 egg chamber at all times, without opening the 

 dor of the machine. - These d oors close against a jamb, 

 positively causing them to seal ithemselv-es, thus overcom- 

 ing any chance of cold air -entering the machine from 

 this source. 



The legs, as will be noticed by the illustration, are 

 neatly turned, and arranged to extend with a shoulder under- 

 neath the corners of the machine, where they are seeurec' 

 with screws, giving to the whole machine the rigidity of a 

 solid piece. Upon the compactness of the egg case depends 

 almost altogether the ease with which the heat is kept 

 regular, and upon an even temperature the results of the 

 machine depend more, than anything else, and dt is the first 

 great absolute necessity in natural and artificial incubators. 

 A DOUBLE HEATING SYSTEM. 



A unique feature of the Eeliable is its double heating 

 system — a feature possessed by no' other incubator, and one 

 which gives a decided advantage in economy of operation. 



In the hot water machines there are two tanks, a hot 

 air tank above the hot water tank. This tank, in addition 

 to heating the fresh air supply, before conducting it into 

 the egg chamber, also radiates heat from its own surface, 

 in sufficient quantity that, if necessary, the heat from the 

 liot water tank could be cut off entirely and the hot air 

 tank would maintain the temperature at the proper degree. 

 This heat from the hot air tank is saved, whereas it goes to 

 waste in other makes of incubators. 



We have, therefore, a double system of heating, combin- 

 ing all the advantages of the hot air and hot water systems, 

 overcoming all of the disadvantages of either. 



Practically the same system is embodied in our hot air 

 machines, there being two tanks, (both hot air,) one closed 

 and running entirely through the incubator; the other open 

 at the inner end, supplying fresh air and at the same time 

 radiating the heat. 



In all other makes of incuabtors the supplementary heat 

 is lost, necessitating the use of an extra amount of fuel. 

 SAFETY FEATUiEES. 



The lamps, burners and chimneys are all metal and are 

 so constructed as to be perfectly safe. There is no breakage 

 ' to cause frequent expense and delay, with the thermometer 

 (for it is the only guide you have regarding the heat,) it 

 cannot be too accurate, and insist upon every incubator ther- 

 mometer being high grade and tested by the United States 



standard, instead of depending on the cheap articles used 

 by some makers, because they can be bought for about one- 

 third the price of a good thermometer. 



THE EELIABLE EEGULATOR. 

 Next to supplying the proper amount of heat to the hatch- 

 ing chamber, in importance is the regulation and evenness 

 of this heat as it comes in contact with the eggs, thus 

 necessitating a regulator that is extremely sensitive to the 

 slightest change of temperature. 



Ul 



This is just what is found in all 

 Reliable machines. 



Our patent Eeliable regulator will 

 be found free, from" all these defects. 

 It consists of an expansion plate, cor- 

 rugated to ■overcome any chance of 

 the metal stretching; this expansion 

 plate is filled with a fluid that boils 

 and forms a steam at a temperature just lower than i03, and 

 is tested by hydraulic pressure at a temperature of 150 de- 

 grees and then hermetically sealed, thus positively insuring 

 results desired without any chance of injuring any of its 

 parts, and thus making lit practically everlasting. As this 

 steam forms, it expands the plate slightly, which, through 

 the arrangement, of the compound levers, raises the valve 

 over the heater perceptibly, allowing the heat to pass direct- 

 ly out of the heater and cutting it off from the machine and 

 egg chamber. This immediately causes the temperatxire to 

 commence lowering jintil the proper temperature is rea/Ched, 

 when the valve will have resumed the same identical posi- 

 tion as it first occupied, and it will be found at no time has 

 there been a variation of one degree from the desired point. 

 No other regulator knOVn will do this, although all manu- 

 facturers make the strongest kind of claims that they fail 

 almost entirely to substantiate. Our regulator costs us con- 

 siderable more than any other used for similar purposes 

 costs; it is worth it many times over to the operator ancf 

 consequently to us. So accurate is the regulator on these 

 Eeliable machines that no lot of eggs even entrusted to their 

 care have been spoiled on account of overheating. 

 OUR KEGULATOR ON OTHER MAKES OF MACHINES. 

 Supplied for $3.00. 

 Without any intention of criticizing our competitors, we 

 wish to say that our regulator is arranged so any one can 

 understand it, easily adjust it, and operate it without difficul- 

 ty. Possibly the greatest trouble with some of the regulators 

 used is their complicated mechanism. All that is necessary 

 to adjust ours is the simple turning back or forth of the 

 thumb-screw. During the past season we have put over 500 

 cf these regulators on other machines, and will furnish them. 

 to any one, with full instructions for attaching, for $3.00. 

 When ordering, send rough sketch of machine, showing end 

 at which heater is located. 



