American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1826-05-16
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Professor Silliman, who, to adopt Currans ex'
preston, appears 10 wing his eagle Hight against
The blaze of sciencc, wnh an eye that never tres'-
has given In his last. shall we say invaluable
Journal, an account OF suDdry experiments which
he has made the anthracite coal of Pennsylvania
He has discovered by chemical analysis, that the
Lehigh coal nearly rivals the Liverpool in the ennis
sion OF gas-the Schuylkill gas burned with yell
low fame, the Lehigh with paler yellow, and the
Wilkesbar was ,inged with blue, purple and red.
The coal east Of the Allegheny burns with abundant
fame and affords beautiful variety Of carburetted
hydrogen gas, suitable for lecture ROOM The
burning OF this coal in stove furnace, situated
between Professor Silliman's family parlour and his
office, in a small entry, warns both apartments,
Two chambers above, and the connecting passages
both above and below. The fuel is added once in
8, A. $ or hours, according to the weather-the
heat is mild and agreeable. The Professor remarks
that an atmosphere uniformly and comfortably warm,
prevents people from taking colds, which arise from
atmospheres unequally warmed. The most eco
nomcal application oil coal is with sheet iron stoves.
The principal advantages of the anthracite as fuel
for houses are thus enumerated -
]. 1t is, in most Of our cities and maritime re
gons, cheaper than any other: this is believed to
be true this time and when the facilities Of
mining and transportation increased, the expense
must be much diminished.
Q is the safest fire knolcn.
In furnaces close stoves properly placed and
secured, 1t is entirely without danger, and may be
left in full action, through the night In CRATES.
there is very little danger, and none if they are
prudentIy managed
8. There is no smoke, and Of course the tubes and
chimneys do not become foul: they need neither
weeping nor burning; and provided no other fuel
be used, they canno, be made to burn, as there is
nothing deposited but little earthly or metallic
ashes, entirely incombustiblc.
1. The heat produced is the most intense that
can in any aoay be used for economical purposes.
S. The heat is also the most enduring and equa
Ne.
s. Ii is capable Of being adapted to the miIdest
as tUelL as the Sever9st lceatfler. This remark is
especially true of the entry hall stove, in which
three four inches of coal in depth be kept in
active combustion, and by opening and shutting
doors, the heat at pleasure more or less dHused or
diluted with colder air.
7 The fire Wiit, without attention. burn through
the WhoLe night--,hus maintaining the rooms at
temperature comfortable for those who may be
obliged TO rise at unreasonable hours and convenient
for early breakfast
g. The heat is maintained rith less trouble than
in any other ,uay. Less frequent repenishing and
watching are necessary and there is less annoyance
from dir. and efluva than in the Of any other
full
In the Of the entry stove, the whole bustle1
and Convenience of the FIRE are removed from the
apartments, which may thus be kept as neatly as
In summer, as there is serious annoyance to the
most delicate drapery, clothes, or furniture
2. The halls and passages of the house may thus
le kept permanently paran. The cold of these spa
ces is unpleasant to the healthy, and very injurious
70 the inirn, whose comfort and safety arc there
fore 10 this manner essentially consulted.
10. Us this fuel miH not burn Withoat strong
araught. there is no annoyance from foul gases,
i which are necessarily carried up the chimney 1t
j, not true however, as some imagine, that these
& gases are less injurious than those from burning
4 charcoal. They are equally noxious, and the very
\ same deadly gas which is produced by burning
4 charcoal, (the carbonc acid sas) is generated in
q equal abundance by the anthracite
II. These anttracites are among the pnrest OF
\ all varieties Of fuel.
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GEORGIA PROTEST.
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