Wax Extractors. 237 



made by Prof. Gerste r, of Berne, Switzerland. These cost 

 from five to seven dollars, are made of tin, are very conven- 

 ient and admirable, and can be procured of any dealer in api- 

 arian supplies. 



The comb is placed in the perforated vessel, and this in the 

 larger can, which is set on a kettle of boiling water. The 

 clean, pure wax passes out the spout. Mr. Jones has improved 

 the common wax extractor (Fig. 112). This is what he 



Fig. 112. 



says of it: "Put extractor on stove in the same manner as an 

 ordinary pot, having beforehand filled lower tank with water, 

 and the perforated basket above tank with broken comb or 

 whatever material you wish to extract wax from. The steam 

 passes through perforated metal walls of basket, melting every 

 particle of wax from the crude material ; the wax runs out of 

 a spout for the purpose, turned downwards ; under this spout 

 have a receptacle, which have slightly oiled, to keep wax from 

 adhering to its walls. The tube turned upwards serves two very 

 important purposes, viz. : to fill water into lower tank, and to 



