Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1853-11-05
Gas--A Revolution in ParlOr and
Kitchen.

ous caption. We are not going to dpol in
that yalueless and loo often employed article
editorial gas--but with the een1ipe ,bino
the bona Jfde oxygen which we burn and
which has, at last, been converted TO all the
purposes OF heat as well as light. We have
given our reader varions nklings of mat
Yer, and We now propose TO 90 little more
into the particulars OF an invention ,ha, is dcs.
tined towotk complete rctoulion in the cul-
mary art and to ruin all the dealers in fluid.
excepting those who furnish coal 10 generate
gas. .5....ll - -
Inc principle OF heating and cooking by
gas mas been known and cxperimcntttI on for
some time both in this country and in Eng
land, but with only partial success.
we believe that we have seen device
that obviates all objections, oyercones all d .
iiculties, and that will cause this APPLICATION
OF gas to come into general use. ] t is the in
vention Of Mr.. John Power, an Enolishmap.
OF the 6rm Of Messrs Skinner Il Power. of
Brooklyn, Who are the proprietois Of the pat.
ent and who arc SO oveffun with curious and
interestings visitors that they have not vet
4 found lime to put up their new heating ana
rates in our Office. In a few days we hope
to be able to show our friends, who may ia
vor us with a call that ours is the ne Mus
'HtFd Of sioves--occupying butluile space
portable, shat is to say, to the extent of the
India rubbdr tube that com ects with cur gas
| pipe-neat clean and serviceble-in short a
perfect wonder and JJoR Of stove that might
be put into quart yo;.
The modus opcrand is peiectly 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
Ialso patenl) through which the gas is con-
ldueted 10 a small iron platc-not much lar
ger than ones hand-that forms what NAV
be called the stove, This plate is filed with
lperforaticns. conta n;ng asbestos, which con-
centrates diruses all the heat. The COM
putation made by the inventor goes 10 Show
that sinhil Office might be heated for triflinr
sum of fifteen cents day. Incredibly small
MS this appears, we confidently believe that
it will cover the whole expense though we
have not demonstrated this by actual Ell; SER
iment. Admitting, however, that a much
larger amount will come near the truth, the
advantage Of the invention are obvious. For
lawyers, and simelar Offices, where it is de-
sirab!e to avoid the dust, dirt and trouble of
. n coal fire, to say nothing of the expense of
keeping an attendant its preculdrly adapted
Z A>man can enter his office in the morning
turn on the gas apply match thereto, and
the fire is instantly started, and by the time
he gets comfortably settled down to his desk,
the room will be. warmed. We shall soon be
able to give our testimony as to Ihe economy
and utility Of the heating part Of the inven-
tion.
/ Ofits complete success in cooking we speak
with a confidence founded upon rarcful OBJ
,lserraiou and repeated experiments We
have eaten meats cooked BY this new process,
and can vouch for their fiuc flavor, us for the
Iexpcnse We can 81 eilk mathematical p, eclS:or,
having computed the cost with Mr.. Power
and the Presidl nj Of the brooklyn Gas Com
pany To cook three pounds Of mu;lnn
chops takes but ten minutes of time, and costs
iunly hall cent To Toll Il kettle CONTAINING a
halfa gallon of water, occupies exacly twelve
minutes, and rchki.m, less lIian Il cGbie foot
! Of gas. TO get breakfast If fur dishes, say
one for meats second for coffte e. a thlrd for
potatoes, &c, and a forth for eggs, or what
ever you please, will only cost three cents,
and can be done within fifteen minutes If
any, of our readers are SkcpGcal On Ills point,
ithey.can easily satisfy their curiosity by Wis
iling Skinner & Powers Gas Murks, Ful
lton street Brooklyn.
Mr. r. has apparatus for every ramiicatiUn
loi the kicheu-evtn to heating fiat IRON
that is ever required. An ironing dav will
soon cease TO be dreaded by housewives.
lie has a smoothing iron constructed in such
u manner that il will be heated nearly as sorn
as thcgas is turned on the gas is conducted
b,,dr th,. M u,., a
and can be graduated at pleasure thc wood
en- handle through which the gas passes be-
fore ignition is a non conductor of heat, and
the iron can be usrd oil day without holder.
We cannot go in,oa minute description of all
the vaious cooking utensils but will say, in
brief, that they are all made upon the same
principle. The gas of one Of our ordinry bur
ners supplies about fifty jets-furming dis
4 tributed andaaenrn ell A,me--resembling in
appearance the blush alcoholic 1ame--and
saving every particle Of heat. The cooking
is done by downward radiation; the fire is
brought to the meats, not the meats to the
fire. In ioas,ng the fire keeps bastng the
meats all the time. thereby saving The cook
all the trouble which he is now compelled to
take.
One Of our average gas burners costs about
IS GEMS for every 100 cubic feet of gas, and
as il Lurns only about four feet per hour, and
as one burner of the ordinary size will keep a.
pot boiling. or most any Of the dishes going,
the economy will be apparent TO every read.
err A company of capitalists have taken
! hold of the matter, and will soon erect
large factory for making the cooking utnsils,
&c, so that rhe public will soon enjoy par
licipation in the benefits of this new and yal-
liable invention,-N Y. Mirror
| A Biz OF GARDEN "A pleasant thing is a
"bit of a garden" to the pent up nhabtant
of large city-that is. ifhe happens to have
"a soul above buttons II the spot is scarce
| y large enough 10 be called Yard, il will