New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-29

ksArr's Coal OH LAMP ,ps:sntedAprl7 ,. Is,n
Few subjects have bceS more studied. q, t.~.h-
quired greater expenditure of ingenuity .han ~.
lsmps. Ami Argand in 1889, invented the 49,
wick, with double draft, and the cyEpdrcs, -,
chimney, and this invention raised lanps a. ems.
the kitchen to the parlor. Carroll in 1890 1900
mechanism for raising the oil to the v.t - ~.
formity. The Liverpool burner is an iruprovs,...
Argands. IL consists Of button OF bras,
little above the wick by means Of ve,.ir., -
placed inside the cylinder. The effect Of tie l.,. =
to make the inside draft mpinge &C a sh.y, -
upon the fame, thus mixing the air mon ,hos..,.s,
With the gas. Such burner resuires A o., 49,
around the fame. Benkler and RuN AZ u;..s,Se
invented in 1910, the solar lamp which !,
on the principle Of the Liverpool burner. hU, -.
They place little above the wick corioa, :,
with hole in the center, for the psssaee Orth.
The effect Of this cone is to push the e.s,r.,s..a
against the flame. Both contrivances az. .su,,.,...
to an increase Of DRAFT; and by means Of hem ois
containing an excess of carbon which woud .spo,. :.
ordinary lamps may be burned completely. wa ~.
Liverpool burner Q short fame OF . large SiamS..r r
Produced with the solar lamp the ZANE IS narrow bux
very long, GA Il ilA IN
Kpspp's burner is q continuation u the .n,errs.s
just mentioned, except Carcers, with sbsv des, Ia
burning coal or other oils containing large psopcr1
Of carbon strong draft is necessary, the practical
effect of which Is that the least gust Of wind bevne
toward or from the lamp eXtingushes or nskss 4
smoke. Mr.. KS theory OF ths bed resuh is hsr:hs
agitation Of the air aroundan ordinary lamp paAss oss
of the drafts the inside the outside ore prsponder.
ate over the other and bloc out the light and 70 Oh.
viate this inconvenience, instead, as usus Of taxing
in the cir at the top for the outside draft end o. IA
bottom for the inside he furnishes Il 10 both a. ,he
same point from space inclosed by wire cloth, or
by perforated envelope, which breaks any suddea
current of air. This is the idea. To carry sasa
practice the concentrc tubes which inciose the wick
are made slightly conical. The central one Is also
closed at the bottom, the air being admitted MO
il through both tubes by side PASSAGE about a
inch below the top, where the csre s already aTge
enough 10 leave beside sufficient space for the wick.
The wick is of two pieces inserted on opposite si6s
of the air holes and of such width that when pushe
up the conical tubes they gil entirely the angular
space at the top, and appear Ike roupd WfaA
| Over the burner is Liverpool button, which, ~
| an ingenious and simple device, may BE rsissd
or lowered to regulate the inside draa. AIoard
the burner is ring on the principle Of ne
cone of solar lamp, which may BE- screwed up ed
down to regulate the outside draft. bulging glssss
screwed on, the lower part Of which is ground. its
renders the light mellow, aud by dasng the rays u
light prevents the brightness Of the fame nnrlg TIE
eyes, The burner SO constructed Is screwed on an a.
binary lamp reservoir in which the wicSsbang, the ql
being supplied to the fame by capillary action. The
price Of this lamp is q and upward consumes ons
cents worth of oil hour and ts Illuminating power
equivalent to that of nine candies This bprsr re-
qures fluid oil, and would not do At all for ap'naA
oils. 1t is intended for that product scarcely mere
than year DID, called coal oil, or Kerosene, which
obtained by distilling camel coal. Every day fresh
progress is made in the manufacture OF this l9uAc
year ago il was dark mixture with disgustisgAglb
UNFIT for anything but greasing rough nschinsy.
the present time it is made clear, barns bessti{s
| and e sold more chsaPly than whale oil. i kok
Aleu- that before long it VIII be sold ct half the sss
price, and will drive ont of the market oauuphsns srd
similar explosive fluids, which now coet the Sate d
New.York alone perhaps as much as lie dsy.,u,p,
| Knapp's lamp may be seen at No. "a Hodsp1
| street. $50 D. -