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Incubator (egg)
An incubator is a device simulating avian incubation by keeping eggs warm at a particular temperature range and in the correct humidity with a turning mechanism to hatch them.
The common names of the incubator in other terms include breeding / hatching machines or hatchers, setters, and egg breeding / equipment.
There are several important factors to consider when using an incubator, the most critical being its ability to maintain steady and consistent temperature throughout the entire incubation period. Before use, the incubator should be checked thoroughly, carefully prepared and operated according to the instructions from the manufacturer.
The Egyptians had a method of incubating in 400 BC, using a cylindrical building or oven that had a fire at the bottom. The eggs that were incubating were placed on an inverted cone that was partially covered in ash. The eggs were placed in a woven basket that sat on top of the ashes. The building also had a roof that allowed smoke to escape, but it kept the rain out. Egyptian egg ovens are typically brick structures in a pyramidal shape, with two internal chambers.
Controlled scientific incubation required the accurate and repeatable measurement of temperature, such as the alcohol-based thermometer proposed by the French naturalist and scientist René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur in 1730, and the temperature scale named after him.
Réaumur used the thermometer in his design for an artificial incubator, presented to the Académie des sciences in 1747, and published in 1749 as l’Art de faire éclore et d'élever en toute saison des oiseaux domestiques de toutes espèces, soit par le moyen de la chaleur du fumier, soit par le moyen de celle du feu ordinaire, or "The art of hatching and rearing domestic birds of all species in all seasons, either by means of the heat of manure or by means of ordinary fire".
Lyman Byce created a coal lamp incubator in 1879. The first commercial machine was made by Hearson in the year of 1881.
Ira M. Petersime of Gettysburg, Ohio, USA is credited with inventing the electric egg incubator in 1922. Shortly thereafter he and his son, Ray, began manufacturing the incubators. They were granted numerous patents on design features and subsequent improvements. The innovation of the electrically powered incubator with expanded capacity (early on Petersime offered a model holding 15,000 eggs) encouraged the growth of large scale commercial hatcheries.
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Incubator (egg)
An incubator is a device simulating avian incubation by keeping eggs warm at a particular temperature range and in the correct humidity with a turning mechanism to hatch them.
The common names of the incubator in other terms include breeding / hatching machines or hatchers, setters, and egg breeding / equipment.
There are several important factors to consider when using an incubator, the most critical being its ability to maintain steady and consistent temperature throughout the entire incubation period. Before use, the incubator should be checked thoroughly, carefully prepared and operated according to the instructions from the manufacturer.
The Egyptians had a method of incubating in 400 BC, using a cylindrical building or oven that had a fire at the bottom. The eggs that were incubating were placed on an inverted cone that was partially covered in ash. The eggs were placed in a woven basket that sat on top of the ashes. The building also had a roof that allowed smoke to escape, but it kept the rain out. Egyptian egg ovens are typically brick structures in a pyramidal shape, with two internal chambers.
Controlled scientific incubation required the accurate and repeatable measurement of temperature, such as the alcohol-based thermometer proposed by the French naturalist and scientist René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur in 1730, and the temperature scale named after him.
Réaumur used the thermometer in his design for an artificial incubator, presented to the Académie des sciences in 1747, and published in 1749 as l’Art de faire éclore et d'élever en toute saison des oiseaux domestiques de toutes espèces, soit par le moyen de la chaleur du fumier, soit par le moyen de celle du feu ordinaire, or "The art of hatching and rearing domestic birds of all species in all seasons, either by means of the heat of manure or by means of ordinary fire".
Lyman Byce created a coal lamp incubator in 1879. The first commercial machine was made by Hearson in the year of 1881.
Ira M. Petersime of Gettysburg, Ohio, USA is credited with inventing the electric egg incubator in 1922. Shortly thereafter he and his son, Ray, began manufacturing the incubators. They were granted numerous patents on design features and subsequent improvements. The innovation of the electrically powered incubator with expanded capacity (early on Petersime offered a model holding 15,000 eggs) encouraged the growth of large scale commercial hatcheries.
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