Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-01-28


scientific Intelligence and high integrity of
the writer: - g - - -
Messrs, Editors: nm authorized to an,
noince the discovery and practical test Of
fhe most important scientific invention ever
YET produced, or brought to light SINCE the
world has been inhabited by man.
The first and main feature, and founda.
ton Of this invention, which at once opens
q field for hundreds Of other inyen,ons, is
the discovery By Henry. M. Paine, Esq
Of a.ready and almost expenseless mode OF
decohposing water and reducing i, to the
gaseous state, By the simple operation OF
very small machine, without galvanic
batteries, OF the, consumption Of metals and
hcids, and only the application Of less than
one three. .hunfredlhs 1900 part Of one
horse power, Mr.. Paine produces 200 cubic
feet of hydrogen gas, and 100 feet of oxy-
gen gas, per hour. gS..f .szy ~ 5.... =.
This quantity Of these gases (thes actual
cost Of which is less tl.an one cenD will fur.
nish as much heat by combustion as. 1000
feet OF ordinary, coal gas, sufficient TO supply
light equal 70 three hundred common lamps
for ten hours: or to warm an ordinary
dwelling house Twelve hours, including the
requisite heat for The kitchen, or to supply
the requisite heat for one, horse power OF
steam. This lnyention has been tested by
six months in operation applied tor,he light.
ing Of houses. and recently the applicable
" Of these gases to the warming of houses
has also been tested with perfectly satisfac-
tory results. A steam engine furnace and
o parlor stove, both adapted 10 The burning
oflhese gases, have been invented, and
measures taken 10 secure patents therefor.
Mr. Paine has one OF his machines, new
and elegant, now in full operation and pub
ilciy exhibited, and mny be expected TO
exhibit the same in This city within twenty
days. The only actual expense Of warm
ing houses by this apparatus is that Of wind
ing up a weight ike The winding up Of a
c1ock) once day; aid .he heat produced
may be as easily graduated and regulated
as the aame of common gas-burner. No
smoke whatever is produced, bat avery
sti:'lf quantity of steam. sufficient TO supply
the requislle moisture oil the atmosphere.
In It's application TO the product on OF steam
power ii will reduce the expense TO the
mere wearsof machinery, and will immedi
aieB prodace den,andsfor steam engines.
and induce the establishment, Of thousands
OF manufacturing mills reduce the expense
Of travelling, and increase the demand for
ngricultaraf produce, while it ruins the coal
aud gas business, and such manufacturing
establishment. as depend on monopoly and
high prices. go z.s-s
This invention, moreover. removes com.
pietefy The only obstacles which have hith-
erto existed to aerial nsvigation-the diff.
Guilty of pfocuring hydrogen gas, and car.
rying q supply of fuel; and itmay9 now be
considered matter of tolerable certainty
that men will be seen swiftly and safely
soaring iii various directions before the first
-efaMay next These facts being of i'm
n,ease importance, should not longer beswitti.
held; and Therefore would avail myself ol
your widely circulated journal to present
them TO thespublic. s'ss-i J 81 - aszs2as
Yours, respectfully, lzR PORTER. &
n WAsHiSopos, Dec.22, l649. Ssaszsssss
TLe Charleston Mercury, iii comment
ing uponsthe above, says: sii'here is no
secession for being in a hurry to believe
suchswepders,- rs,-especially when it is re
snembered that this Mr.. PAYNE3is tho same
sgenllemanawbo some years since was il
ethe habit of being shot at by undiscoverablt
enemies with guns that made no report
1.-The discovery is genuine, its demonstra
.tion will.yery soon be placed beyond th'
need or the power Of friendly or hostile
criticisms. 2 - 81. +'=z5szt
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