The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-07-24
Paiuc's uavncto-EeIctric Light.

The OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY we re
Gently published n the Post the report Of
commiIes ofleaned gentlemen who visited
Worcester, Mass, for The purpose Of exsmiB'
ing the apparatus of Mr.. Henry Nj. PAISE,
for decomposing waier Il will be remember
cd thai Mr.. PAINE, was absent on that oceae
sion. The committee, however, proceeded
to make The examination, aud subsequently,
published n report ofiheir Investigations, nj
which they cudeavored TO create the impres-
sion that lie discovery ,Oas all gas, OF in 9TH
er words humbug!
Mr.PAINE still persists in saying that the
discovery is real; and many leatned gentle~
men are strongly committed in us favor
We publish the following certificates, IN or
der thai our readers may see both sdesoi The
story:
WORCESTER, June %, 1850.
We, the undersigned, have witnessed the
decomposition Df water, by hlr. Palno's mag
ne TO eectio apparatus. nt The Central En-
change, at a public hall (Flagg's), and at Mr..
Pane's dwelng-we have seen, at various
places, the waterresolved into gases, under
circumstances which precluded entirely the
use Of secret conducts its, cislens, or any
Iother agents than the avowcd one oil electrI-
cal action; and weknow that the only portions
of the apparatus kept secret haze been the
interi OF Of the hellces and electrodes, both
of which combined together, would not con-
tain quart Of any liquid or other material.
Those Of us with a star fixed 10 our
names have witnessed the construction OF Mr..
Paine's apparatus piece by piece, lwllh the
exception of the heces and electrodes,) and
have been in the habit of calling on him at
all hours of the day, and witnessing the put
ting together Of the apparatus, previous TO the
decomposition Of the water, and, when to'
gether, witnessed the decomposition in glass
jas, and have seen the gases burn directly
from the same. And we further state that
the gases have been evolved IN separate jars,
tne hydrogen in one and tho oxygen in the
other, without any communication between
either Jar than a thin strip Of copper.
[Sgned I'll G. Bates,* M. D.: Thomas
Drew,* A ssociate Editor of Buritt's Chris
tian Citizen; james Newton; B. Boyden,* y
/ Architect; Phncas Bal,* Civil Engineer: c..
c. Chckering; Seth P. Miller,* NJ. D.; VIM.
A. WolIace,* Worcester Daily Spy Office
We, the undersigned, at the request of the
proprietors of Mr.. Paine'S invention Tor de
Composing water, have on this evening of
the 9th Of June, 1850, at Mr.. Paine'S lesi'
dence, witnessed the process Of carburctting
the hydrogen for purpose Of illumination, and
report as follows:
That we saw stream Of hydrogen gas
pass through volume of spirits Of turpenilne
for duration Of quarter OF an hour--ihat
before entering the turpeniine II burnt with
pnlo ue 11me--that alter passing through
The turpentino il burnt with brilliant white
/ light that The consumption Of turpenine for
one qnarter Of an hour, using the largest size
Argand burner, was imperceptble in glass
tank containing one pint.
And we further state, that the construction
of the acknowledgements was of such a
nature as 10 preclude any doubt of reality
Of lbe facts witnessed, the same being taken
apart in our presence, and the tnrpeniIne
bought by one Of our Number, Mr.. Drew.
Charles W. Whilcomb, NJ b. saw the same
for few moments,
! TSigned. --R. D. Dunbar, President Of the
Mechanical Association; B. f. Haywood, NJ.
} d.; C. C. Chickering, Merchant; james
Newton; Seth Miller, M. D., has seen the
above on other occasions; Rev. J. r. Barbour,
has seen he same repeatedly Thomas Drew,
: Burgitt's Christian Citizen Office.