The Ottawa free trader., 1850-07-27

discovery 1t will be seen that it has turned out
to be q miserable hum.bug;
WORCESTER, (Slassl Tuesday
June %. 1850.
/ We, the undersigned met at the Worcester no.
tel this day by appulntnlent--Mr Green The il,
gent Of Mr. Pedrck, having given to Sir. Rnuma
the assurance that Mr.. Paine would this day be
present, and prove to his satisfaction and the sat
i.iacton OF sui: scientific gcn,lan,en 4. he (yr
/ Roome) might invite, that his discovery Of a new
method ofdecompo.ng water and generating i
Illuminating gas was genuine and valuable
( Having been introduced to Mr. Pedrtk the
I partner of Mr.. Paine, 10y Nj Green. the latter
stated that he was sorry Mr. Paine could not b,
/ present. having been called from the city by :
previous engagement Mr. Pedrick invited u- {,
/ visit the machinery of Mr. Paine, at hi, room II
| the Worcester Exchange building We accord
lngly proceeded to do so, and were there introdu
ced to younger brother Of Mr. Paine
/ In the centre of the room we saw a disiointeC
piece of machinery, said by Mr. Pedrck to be tn,
machine with which Mr. Paine decomposed wa
ter Mr. Pedrck and Slr Paine, r explained a,
lar, they said, as they could do so, the action d
this machine, but from It's di,ointed and imper
| feet state we could form no definite idea OF il!
mode of operation
| From thence we accompanied Messrs Greer
and Pedrck to the dwelling Of Mr.. Paine. tn,
the brother Of Mr.. Paine having preceded US. Q,
arriving at the house we were ushered in to ;
front paror. A two light gas bracket stood OF
the nIantel. Mr.. Paine, jr, lighted one Of til,
burners, which gave II very bright light. On
smelling the gas as it passed through these bur
ners when not lighted it had the odor Of oi! ol
rosin gas, Wewere then shown into a ba.cmen
room IN the rear Of the house In this room
supported on bricks, was II box about fee
square and i inches high, said by Mr.. Paine. ir.
! to contain the maguets-twO strips Ofcopper sait
10 be the electriod7 extended from the box To .
circular TN vessel about feet high and 5 inch
es IN diameter resting on the top of the box, an,
the tin vessel Mr. Pane, jr, called the decumpo
-ins vessel From this vessel pipe passed thro
/ the wall, and We were told connected with ga
COLDER placed on the outside Of the building 49,
! From this pipe war a branch leading TO smal
TIN cylinder of the capacity Of a quart meas
ure
In this cylinder Mr. Paine, ir, said the gas used
! IN the house was carboniEed. A email plugged o
pon.ns attached 10 this cylinder leaked, DR.
/ lorrey tasted the liquid which dropped nm,
asccrianed II to be water. Another branch pip,
leading from the one connecting the cas- holde
! with the decompo-ng vessel, turned of in anothr
/ direction and bending downwards passed througl
the cork of a wile.ncckel bottle anl dropped int
spirits Of turlentne-this bottle was oi rlas,
Another tube was inserted in the cork with
burner attached to its upper end Mr, Paine ha
wing lighted the gas, it burned with bright light
/ proving it to be carburatcd hydrogen
Mr. Paine and A!r Pedrick both assured Us tha
/ the gas was hydrogeg, procured from water b,
the machine before Us, nnd that it was cubonize,
By being passed through theturpontiue alone.
Mr. Roomc then asked Mr. Paine IT,. to discon
meet the pipe from the bottle Of turprntue nm,
prove the gas to be free hydrogen in burning il
D his, Air, Paine refused to DO, saving that Iii
brother had forbidden lis disconnectiug any pipe
/ Mr. Blake hen asked Mr. Pedricl ii he Woul,
permit the pipe that dipped in the spirits Of tur
penihc, To- be drawn through the cork far enough
~ raise 1t above the surface Of the turpentne.
After some conversation between Mr.. Pedricl
and young Mr.. Paine, during which tie iatier l,f
I Hc rom aHd rcf,uusL Mr.. Pcdrck consented
ana the pipe wa, raised as requested; on apply
ing a mdtcii the gI- burned with very feeble
lIght showing the presence Of free hydrogen -
Mr. Roome then asked that the pipe be again i'm
merSed in the trpentine and the burner lightcC
as before, Air, Paine, ir, objected, but Ns We al
insisted upon the experiment being made, and
the flame from the gas proved beyond doubt il
our mind, to be hydrogen only, and not to be car
huretted hydrogen as at first, and to be total,
unit tar illumination, Mr.. Paine, jr, ON witness
Ing the result Of this last experiment appcarc,
confused and declared that The light burned a.
well ~ before tut DIS Torrcy and Clifton. tol,
him that the light did not burn a. well ~ before
but was much paier, to which We all assrurcd.--
Mr. Paine then shut otf the gas and pu,it.,el,
refused to permit further examination CSjsucl
JouN Tommy, VI. u Prof Chemistry in COLLEGE oi
Physicians md Surgeons, y Y.
JAMES L. CuLroN NJ. d., Prof Chemist, New
York
CuNRlEs RooMa, Eng Manhattan Gas Works New
York
GEoEGE DNrGorrE, AgoE, Boston Ga, Company
j. II. BLAME, Engineer and Chemist Boston