Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-08-11
Kidder's Patent Gas Regulator.
Producing a uniform Light,
And efecting n Saving of % per cent.


And efecting n Saving of % per cent.
NO GAS CONSUMER WHO DESIRES
~ steady, agreeable and economical Ii ght, should
be without this valuable invention which at
does away with all personal attention to gas lights,
and secures invariably the utmost economy in the
consumption Of gas,
1t is in successful operation in the largest Hotels
and Factories of the United States, and in thousands
of private residences, everywhere thoroughly per-
forming its work. II has been fully tested by the
most eminent Gas Engineers of the Union and the |
Company has yet to hear Of the first instance in
which it has failed to be approved
ENGINEERS' TESTIMONY
MASnATrAN GAS Works, Oct. 20, 1852.
Dear Sir .-Encosed send you a certificate set
ting forth as briefly as can the advantages Of DR..
kidders admirable invention. | do not think it
| necessary to mention any experiments may have
made Drs. Elicit, Torrey and Gibbs have a book
| full to be produced when needed. | will add here
however, to be used when you desire IL, the result
of an experiment made at these Works, and which
can be repeated whenever desired. With the street
pressure Of four and half inches of water, and
burner the governor tho pressure of the burner
gauge was seven-tenths. The governor remaining
untouched, the number of lights increased to
hity-iour extending over n surface Of several hun
dred feet, and the street pressure reduced to
two inches, and the pressure gauge at the governor
as before, seven -tcnths.
Yours, &C., CHAs. RooME.
MASHArrAs GAS WORKS, Oct. 20, 1852
The Gas Regulator OF Or. kdder is, In my opin-
ion, the most valuable instrument for regulating tho
6ow of gas to the burners that have ever seem
1t is correct in principle and will accomplish admir-
ably the objects for which it designed 1t will
insure great steadiness in the lights, and as the
pressure at the metre is by this instrument reduced
considerably below that the street mains, it will
enable the consumer to gain equal amount Of
light at a smaller expenditure of gas for the les
the pressure under which the gas is consumed, the
greater Is the amount of light obtained
CHAS ROOME, Engineer
Manhattan Gas Light Company.
RICHMOND, August 10, 1853.
My engagements prevented me from experiment
ing with your Regulator before this week. 1 ha,
it put up and arranged tina. l could show tn
pressure of tho works the burners, which var,
from 2 to "a inches. | made some weights of lea
and weighed it brought the pressure to clio, tn
pressure the street mains "a inches and with Q
your feet burners under the street pressure, tn
cocks turned off so that they would not perceptib
10 blow, consumed IL cubic feet in rs minutes.
then put the Regulator and opened the cocks full
same number of burners, burning the same time,
|. consumed 9 cubic feet, showing a saving of rs pc
cent. The experiment to me was very satisfactory
\ the lights burned very steadily / could not pei
n, ccivc any difference in the pressure fame whethe
n or six of the lights burning. From wins
a, have seen, would have hesitation in recon
mending its use.
Respectfully yours,
G. CAMPBELL, Supt of City Gas Works.