Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-10-29
GAS AND GASTRONOMY.

The principle of heating and cooking by gas is by no
thing but the different methods heretofore
suggested for applying the principle to practical service
have been failures According to the New York Mirror
all the objections and difficulties that have formerly
banked its application most successfully obyat
ed and done away and the is upon when heating
and cooking win be accomplished through the agency of
little fame of oxygen. The gentleman who has sue
ceeded in this matter is JOHN POWER Of the firm Of
Skinner Power, of Brooklyn. The Mirror says:
The modus operaadi is perfectly simple The
gas pipe is tapped at any point india rubber tube is
attached by of an ingenious coupling composed in
part of the material through which the gas is
Quoted to small iron plaenot much larger than ones
hand-that forms what may be called the stove This
plate is filled with perforations, containing asbestos,
which concentrates and duses all the heat. The
puation made by the inventor goes to show that small
Office might be heated for the tring Of fifteen cents
day Incredibly small as this appears we confidently
believe it will cover the whole expense though have
not demonstrated this by actual experiment Admitting,
however, that much larger amount will the
truth the advantages Of the invention obvious For
lawyers and similar Offices where it is desirable to avoid
the dust dirt and trouble OF coal fire. say nothing Of
the expense Of keeping an attendant it is peculiarly
adapted man enter his office in the morning
the gas apply match thereto and the fire is instant
y started and by the time he gets comfortably settled
down to his desk the will be well warmed We shall
be able to give testimony the economy and
utility of the heating part of the invention.
success IN COOKING we can speak with
confidence founded upon careful observation and re-
peated experiments We have eaten meats cooked by
this process, and vouch for their fine favor ms
for the expense speak with mathematical prec
sion having carefully computed the cost with Mr. Power
and the President OF the Brooklyn Gas Company. To
cook three pounds Of mutton chops takes minutes
Of time, and costs only third Of to boil ket
tie containing half gallon Of occupies exactly
twelve minutes, and consumes less than cubic foot Of
gas SO to get up breakfast of four Dishes say for
meats second for coffee third for potatoes &C. and
fourth for eggs whatever else you please will cost
only three cents and all be done within fifteen min
utes Fifty dishes can be cooked at the time if de-
sired fine large turkey roasted the Asor House
the other day by this process and those princes of
ers, Messrs. Coleman Stetson pronounced this mode
Of cooking the most complete and successful in its results
that they had witnessed The days Of stoves and
cooking ranges numbered The of gas is to form
part Of domestic economy, and the kitchen will be-
come attractive place"
Now, il the Mirror is not too enthusiastic upon
this theme and has not overraed the capacity Of the
fame Of oxygen" there be doubt but coal will
longer dirty the handsome hands Of housewives and
wood no longer mar them with splinter wounds.