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Kidder's Patent Gas Regulator.


Ftodu"'ng a HHyofm Ligh.
anu ehectins Saving of - per cent.
y u A CONSUMER VINO DESIRES A
~ steady, agreeable and qconup,ic,i I,,L, ,L,,ii
10 without this valuable invention. wl,ieb ~ ,rr
', IVY WIN ai' personal attention to gas lights,
cun.um ptiun of ms ' III '''
~ IT, III successful operation in the lnryrs, u,ci
ana f'ct"rics Of the United States, and in thon..,,
~ I'N"te residences, everywhere thoroughly pct-
forming It's work. II has been fully tc.trd bv th.
most eminent Gas Engineers of tbr rrior ,nd ,ho
company, mas yet to hear Of the first instance in
which it has failed to be approved.
ENGINEERS' TES1IHONy.
hANnATtAN GAS Wonks. Oct. %. 1852.
Vri ,iH = Enclosed | send You certificate set.
t,ing iolth as briefly ns can tic ADVANTAGES of pr
hludcrS admirable invention IL, MAJ tii,I t.
necessary to mention any experiment. may bnyr
nnu' Drs. Elicit. Torrcv and t,ilb. b,,o . L,L
h w w produced when needed. will add here
"""vNcr' I" De used when you desire it, the rcsuIt
OF an experiment made AT these WnrLs' nJ Lti
c"h pe repeated whenever desired Win tba strco,
pressure OF four and half inches of wafer and one
ourhcr near the governor the pressure of the burncr
80 wv sGNeh-tcnths. The governor remaining
untouched, the number of lights was increased ~,
i'y-lDur extending over surface of several hun
Wv" lGc' ana the street pressure was reduccd Ia
wv" inchcS and the pressure gauge Mt the govcrnor
~ before. s9vcn-tcnths.
Yours, &C., CU,S poo,,p
MANHATTAN GAS WORKS, Oct. 20. 1852,
Inc "ns Regulator ot Dr. kiddcr is in ,,,. ,;
aus 'c most valuable instrument for repuatinr tho
~" Vi gas to the burners that have evnr so6,,
- correct III principle, and will accomplisb o,,ni
"pS inc Objects for which it was designed II .in
insure great steodincss in the lights and a. H.
pressure ~ the metre is by this instrument reduced
CONSIDERABLY below that the street mains il Oil
un,p'o inc consumer to gain an equal omount nr
his"' at smaller expenditure of gas for tho los
ulc pressure under which the gas is consumed ,h.,
greater Is the amount of light obtnined wv
cHAS. R00ME, Engineer
Manhattan Gas Light Companv.
u....a.., RICHMOND, August 10, 1853,
wy engagements prevented me from cvnor;r,,
.ns Win your Regulator before thi, weok hal
!. pun pun up ana so arranged that | could chow ,bc
pressure OF the works on the burners, which vorv
iloin 70 y inches, made some weights nr IoaJ
anu weighed 1t so brought tho pressure To e. 10 tho
pressure on the street mains "a inches and with NJ
your 1eet burners under the street pressure Tho
COCKS turned of so that they would moi nercant;tI
oow, consumed ~ cubic feet in % ninut
then put the Regulator on md oponod tho 81. an
same number of burners burning tho so,no -
consumed cubic feet showing saving NJ o. ~,
cent The experiment to mo was verv so,isc,a,aIf i
sne hshts burned very steadily. could NOT nor
give any Inference in the pressure or fame ybeiLa
one or six of the lights were burning From rh.
l nave seen, would have no hesitation i, roo',,
mending its use III recon-
Respectfully yours,
I. CAMPBELL, Supt of civ 10. vi,