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Kidder's Pat ent Gas Regulator,


Ana encciins Il saving Of 2j per cent.
u q uAS CONSUMER WHO DESIkEs A
steady, agreeable aud economical light, should
b. without this valuable invention, winch at once
does away with all personal attention gas Ii shts
and secures invariably the almost economy in the
consumption Of gas,
1t is in successful operation in the largest Hotel,
and Fict0res Of che United States and Ia thousands
OF private residences, eNerywhore thoroughly per-
forming it, work. IT has been fully tested by the
post eminent Gas Engineers of the nrUn, and the
Company has yet to hear of the first instance in
whch it has failed to be approved
ENGINEERA' TESTINONr.
MlSnArTAS GAs Wonks, Oct. y3. 1862.
Dear "r --Encluscd send you II c,i ttcntr set
ting forth briefly rs can the advantages Of Dr.
kiddrr'- admirable invention. | ,lo not think it
necessary To mention any experiment., may have
made Drs. Elicit, forrey and Glib. have book
full 10 he produced when needed will add here
hcwcv'r to be used when y"u desire it, the result
Of an experiment made at these Works. and which
cnu lac repeated whenever desired. " it'll the street
pressure of four and half nchcs of water, and
burner near the governor the pressure Of the burner
gauge wns 'cven-tenths. The governor remaining
untouched, the nuinbcr of lights was increased to
dity-four extending over surface of several hun
dicd feet, and the street pressure reduced To-
twO.ncios, and the pressure gauge at the governor
~ before, sSyen-tcnths.
Yours, 6c., ClliS. KooME.-
MtSnAIrAN GAS WoRks, oct. ~, lej2.
The Gas Regulator Of DR.. kidder is in my opin-
ion the most valuable instrument for e9ulating the
flow Of gas to the burners that have scen.-
1t is correct in principle, and will accomplish admir-
ably the objects for which it was designed. 1t will
insure great steadiness in the lights, aud the
pressure ut the metre is by tins instrument reduced
considerably below that on the street nains 1T will
enable the CONSUMER to vain equal amuunt OF
light at II smaller expenditure Of ga for the le4s
the pressure under which the gas is con -utued the
greater l. the amount OF light obtained.
ChAS. ROOME, Engineer
Manhattan ias Light Company.
khhNoSD, August 10, 1853.
My engagements prevented me from experiment
ing with your Regulator before this week. | had
it put up and arranged that | could show the
pressure of the works the burners, which vary
from to = inches. | made weights of lead
and weighed it SO brought the pressure to 6-l0, the
pressure the street mains inches and with of
your feet burners under the street pressure, the
cock. turned oil So that they would perez ptiby
blow, | consumed ~ cubic feet in - minutes
then put the Regulator and opened the cocks full
number Of burners, burning the time,
consumed cubic feet, showing a saving of rs per
cent. The experiment to me very satisfactory
the lights burned very steadily. could not per-
ccive any difference in the pressure flame whet
ak of the lights burning Front what
| have seen, would have hesitation in recon-
mending its use
Respectfully yours,
c. CAMPBELL, Supt. of City Gas Works.
HOTELS.
The value Of the Machine to Hotels. may be
learned fIoln the following:
GApsBY's lloTEL, WAsHiyGroN, d. c.. Oct 81, 1858.
have been using kidder's Regulator in my Hotel
for the last six weeks, and during that time | am
confident have saved in money % per cent. over
the amount paid for the time last year. and be-
lieve my light is quite good as before using it,
and do feel confident that it il n decided say ing to
the consumer of gas. ". GADSBY.
AsToR House, Nov. |, 1853.
We have had Dr. Walter Kdder's Gas Regulator
in Mt the Aston House. for several months pust.
We have three Regulators attached to us many me-
tres, Zone on each) and they supply about $50
burners. The Regulators operate finely they per
fccty regulate the burning of gas, and with as good
IL light, us handsome per centage upon our
bills Of consumption, say about fifteen dollars Il
week, which is equal to twenty-five per our
gas bills. We consequently feel very great conf
dcnce in the success of the Regulator.
COLEMAN Il STETSON.