Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-05-22
Important if True--rhe New Gas-Light.

Important if True---The New Gas-I.ieI,t
For the last fourteen months DIR. l.. T. Tavlor, of
this city, has been engaged IN experimenting and per
tectng apparatus for producing gas for lighting pur
poses from water. Various attempts have from time
10 time during the last half century been made to dc
compose wascr aud procure such combination as
would furnish this gas, bu the most scientific ingc
NOUS and practical men, altho succeeding in manu-
featuring the gas, have cot been able TO give TO the
world a cheaper ana better one Tor illumination than
that produced from tho luminous Goals of England
and America We last evening visited the works on
Erie street where the manufacture of gas from water
is daily operation The apparatus is not compiled
ted, although limited lns size and somewhat imperfect.
small vessel first receiving the water which is
verified into steam, portion of which is carried to
retort over furnace wheretG 1t IS deoxyd.zed or in
other words the hydrogen gas is serated and passed
off to receiver. Another steam pipe carries anotl-
eryolulne of steam TO another small retort contain
ing materials for carboniZing it when passes to the
receiver Another retort at the furnace, the contents
of which the secret OF tie inventor, furnishes
other material for combining the two gases OF the
other retorts and meets them at receiver and the
union of all gives gas which by smPly passing thro
q small quantity of watch III the reccver is rendered
pure, and then passes to the gasometer This is of
limited capacity of about 800 cubic feet and is filed
in about two hours. The materials used in the re
tort to dsengage the gases as we understand it, CON
stitutes the principal secret Of the nvcntor But the
chief advantage consists in producing Gus from a
cheap and common material which is almost perfect
ly free from impurities.
FoT us tHcGplcSS, blJlic Gun dt present only
rely upon the statement of the operator. He says
that no materials used in evolving the gases but
those which every locality furnishes in abundance
and costing almost nothing; that these With thc fuel
used for heating the retortS cost less thdn fifty cents
in the manufacture of thousand feet Of pure gas:
But for the purity aud briliancy of the as any one
ordinary intelligence can judge The house was sup
piled with the usual gas pipes, leading from the gas
ometer to burners in the different rooms and all the
gentlemen present conceded in the opinion that the
brlliancy and wheness of the light had not been sur
passed by anything ef the kind. six foot burner
i'll each room Illuminated the house in perfectly sat
stactory style. 1t gives smoke is pure that its
flame would not deposit particle of sout. MS does tie
ordinary coal gas, upon articles coming in contact
with IT, The cas- when let into the room gave very
little odOr very severe test of its exemption from
the common impurities OF sulphur and ammonia. No
man present doubts the honesty of the inventor. No
motive can he assigned for deccvng others
A caveat has been filed in the Patent office aud
the claims of the invention viii be present
ed forthwith. The inventor challenges the closest
scrutiny of the experienced chemists and Gas manu-
facturcrs of the country Ills triumph, he claims
cheapens he production of good Illuminating gas by
so large percentage. The cost to the Gas CVmpa
ny is from 81 20 to 500 per thousand feet accord
ing to the season, the OF the coal and the puri
fcation of the crude -as being very great DIR. FAY
says he supply the Gas Works at fifty cents per
thousand feet and it shall be nnoxious 10 vcgeta
ton, and purcr aud brighter illumination than that
at present III vogue--CtcciGRd Pa@dca}cr.