Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-08-26
a Now Power.

n New EoWeE'
The London correspondent OF The New, York
TIMES writes that, some time ago, m American
chemist decomposed water, so combining its hydro.
zen with cnIbon o. 10 form an Illuminating gas,
which wns 10 supeTcede that usually consumed in
the site els and dwelling houses, ond obtained by
Installations OF coal In iron IeioIls, The principle
wps tight, butt American method had the Dis
advantage VI bvin uncertain aud costly We nTe
great people here In Europe for Improving
America inpenis-Europe improves. So in this
case NJ, Nulletl, q Belgian chemist, took up The
American invention, and, by scientific adaptation,
so decOmposed lhewRtel as 10 obtain from Tear
buTelled hydrogen, at ieGt.to nothing cost, with
unstfing certainty, aud almost unlimited quantity.
TIE light wjclrtbis water-gos yields Is said TO
exceed that which is commonly used--in TACT, 1t
rather resembles the DIilliancy Of lilide light
and IT'S heat is 50 gteat that 1t is proposed 10 use II
as a substitute Tot coal Ia the generation OF Steam
to pTonel BEATS aud railway engines. Nay, luorei
this water gas Is also capable, from It's vast eXpan
svs powers, Of itself psTlu!m ng The functions of
high pres uTu slenn The gas is Obiointd, | should
say, by decomposing water by nagneto electricity.
lu the process, something Is added, which um
not chemist enough descriDem this brief notice,
the effect OF which IS TO render the gas wholly
non explosive aud hodorOus as15r,
Yon will uItjetsand that not only rs regards
light, but wherever steam power Is required for
any purpose, ut may be applied tVen 10 oO0king)
mis- waeE.gas is available. a patent right has
been taken out by a gentleman OF (otlune
named Shepherd, not only In this United Kingdom,
but m most parts Of Continental Europe Some
OF the Tailway companies (ihe London and North
Western and South E0sleIu) have actually enter
ed into contracts, under their respective common
seals, for this use Of the discovery for their loco
motive engines.
Oddly enough, two "gteap porsonages, ofvery
different mental calOre, have interested them
selves IN this water. gas. One is Prince Albert,
[who, however, hos only sort Of smalteTlng Of
science, and is urged chiefly by cuIiosly) tie
other Is the Emperor Napoleon Our dssr Albert
visits Shtphari's works. where the gas is made,
and wondefsand wonders again at its dongs-lust
as George the Third, OF "huppy memory" used
TO wonder how The apples ever found their way
into the heart Of dumping, without leaving n
seam on the eXtellor (rhls lisa locI.l Napoleon
| FIRST saw the whole process when Mt, Sheppard
was in Pans, aud then took tile EnipTess Eugenie
10 look att explaining its principle. The result
Is that he offered to allow fly lights TO be placed
on the dome CT Tie lnyalids at Paris, to show
what the wAteT.gas really is, ind twelve tons OF
electric machinery have just been sent to Paris
/ 10 generate the gnsS Here in London, the com.
panys Offices in TfOiolgaE Square are going TO be
| lighted up with H. And so, this American inUen.
ii0n and European Improvement is IN Il fair way to
enlighlen tue world, l.f,tI
| ABERNETnY,-Ite same correspondent cOntn-
ueSi "heYe mentioned Tue recent denlh OF We
wldOw oil Inc laIe AOelnelly' The gtenl suTgeoni
SHE was on iotoe'8hS TheTe IS story oi the way
IN winch AOeTneIhy got tbs woman 10 marty
hln' once upon lime bewent 10 church, and
was shown into pew whete there were two la
dies lie had no nrAyet.bOOk, and tho younger
lady handed nm one Ihey walked Out OF Tue
pew logtlhtI anu lounu' al Tue porch That II was
raining heavily AbeTnelhy offered TO lake them
home IN bus Carriage which was waling They
had some CHAT M The course (which II came out
that lheywele mother ami daughter mol very well