The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-11-22

! CASA REvoLUrIoH IN KITCHEN AND FAR
LoR.-The New York Mirror speaks quite con.
fdcntIy of the success of an invention patented
by Mr. John Power of that city for the eco.
nomicaI use of gas in warming houses and
cooking victuaIs. 1t says:
The molus operondi is perfectly simple
The common gas pipe is tapped at any point,
an Indian rubber tube is attached by means OF
an ingenious coupling. composed in part Of the
same material, (for which Mr.. Power has also
patent,) through which the gas is conducted
to small iron plate-not much larger than
ones hand that forms what may be called the
stove This plate is filled with pertorations,
containing asbestos, which concentrates and
difuses all the heat. The computation made
by the inventor goes to show that small Of
flee might be heated for the tri1ing sum OF
fifteen cents a day. Incredibly small as this
appears, we confidently believe that it will COW
er the whole expense, though we have not de-
monstrated this by actual experiment. Admit
ting, however, that much larger amount will
come nearer the truth, the advantages OF the
invention are obvious. For lawyers and SINH
Offices, where il is desirable to avoid the dust,
dirt and trouble Of coal fire, TO say nothing
of the expense of keeping an attendant. it Is
peculiarly adapted. A man can enter his OF.
fee in the morning, turn on the gas, apply a
match thereto, and the fire is instantly started,
and by the time he gets comfortably settled
down to his desk, the room is warmed. We
shall soon be able to give our testimony as to
the economy and utility of the heating part Of
the invention.
Of its complete success in cooking we can
speak with a confidence founded upon careful
observation and repeated experiments. We
have eaten meats cooked by this new process,
and can vouch for their fine flavor; as for the
expense, we can speak with mathematical pre-
csion, having carefully computed the cost with
Mr.. Power and the President of the Brooklyn
Gas Co. To cook 3 lbs Of mutton chops takes
Just 10 minutes of time, and costs only 3 OF
a cent; to boil kettle containing half gal.
lon of water, occupies exactly II minutes, and
consumes less than cubic foot of gas. 10
get up breakfast of four dishes, say one for
meats, second for coffee: third for potatoes,
and fourth for eggs, or whatever else you
please, will cost only 3 cents, and can all be
done within Is minutes. If any Of our read
crs arc skeptical Oh this point they can easily
satisfy their curiosity by Il visit to Skinner u
Powers Gas Works, Fulton street, Brooklyn
The gas pipes arc tapped and the connection
with the cooking apparatus made in the same
way that we have described tor heating. Fifty
dishes can be cooked at the same time, II de-
sired. a fine large turkey was roasted at the
Astor House the other day by this process and
those princes of caterers, Messrs. Coleman &
Stetson, pronounced this new mode Of cooking
the most complete and successful in its results
that they had crc: witnessed. The days OF
stoves and cooking ranges are numbered. The
use Of gas to form part Of our domestic econ
omy, and the kitchen will become all attractive
place.