New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-06-24
SCIENCE, INDUSTRY AND INTENTION

PORTABLE Gas FOR Lighting BUuLDSss-The
method tucces.fuy introduced the last year by the
Nev-York Car aDo Steamboat Ga Company of light
ing railroad cars and steamboats, from vessels Of com.
pressed gas carried along for the purpose has recently
been applied to sh,ipg houses and understand is in
,uccessful operation in Camden and in PnsdelphlA
For dwellings situated at di.tsnce from the public
pa, ri pe. il promises to be gres. ence. Two
sizes of ga-hold.rs are provided Of the capacity
Of 100 cubic feet of gas and one Of 200 feet but ~
they are filled ~ith gas under pressure Of ~ stnos-
pberes their cubica contents are only one-twsntsth
OF the figures named They made Of strong boiler
plate irop and resemble in appearance the boiler Of
a steam engine, measuring or feet in length.
The smaller one weighs IS lb-., and the larger lbs
lbs Each house lie supplied with Of these and Is
often as may be required, il is Disconnected from the
GAS ppe- IN the bu dpg and taken 10 the gas station
to be rehlled. There supplies KEEP, ia reservoirs
peeiay prepared for this use which are filed under
the required pressure. Sufficient capacity provided
without .nda1g ering their bursting by ueng stack
ofc, finders connected together by pipes. A the holder
is Connected with them the gas Iusbes in until the
pressure is the same both, and the connection being
closed, toe stock of compressed gas may be taken
sway to be consumed. In using IT, the fo~ OF the
gas il controlled by 3 regulator through which it
pa.es the effect OF which TO keep al aperture OF
variable ze a. It's smallest dime ~hen the pres-
sure i. greatest ana gradually enlarge it as the pres
,pre dmipi.hes. |, i. affirmed that by this method
peiebborhood of scattered houses, uniting to put up
small ga works, could be kept supplied al less Cos!
than that of gas furnished in ci,es. So far as the
oper ation is en- experiment, It las been fully ans ss-
j,fscts lily tested by than years tris upon rail-
q 4fe n nal
scale in the apparatus bow constructed for private
houses H. without reference 10 the cost of the appa-
rstu, itself vel known TO De very N less than tue
prices paid for city gas.
Nrw APPLICATION OF PHoToGRlP9Y.-Tsae
seems to be NO hut 10 the application Of Photography
and the useful well ~ toe tine ars, have paTtici-
pated in the ncaculsble benefits which have followed
THIS doCvy II has IsA cs SSss 'Psa s' the
patterns have been drawn up sins sale, arged
ty labsrous pieces and then transferred 10 rollers
The Manchester PRINT works have Tor several months
been successfully using Photographic process, IN
vented by Messrs. Whpple n Black OF this city, 10
aid il transferring from tue ongiIA patterns to toe
oopper ,ol. The process saves great amount OF
manual labor and 4sures great accuracy Dos. jour-
Jposts SHPsuIIDISG.-Nr. John Laird, the gres.
.binbuiloer Of Brke nhesd, has sodressed The LoR-
don Tirs,s. for the purpose Of sdvocsug the eIteu-
.iye use OF iron in -hiPbuJdiDg. Hesays
81 Ships built u iron aTe stronger, more duraoie,
and less costly TO keep in r~pIr than thoee bat OF
WOOD . Iron in any qu.utry and of the e1act -oant-
ipg required be procured on N ~ notice iron .ae
manufactures IN tbs country. Ins VII save 'ne
l.rgr ou, sy in timber and other maersl which must
nov BE- kept in stock fvr seasoning Niug constant
exrer-es. and occupying much valuable sp.ce Ia oar
de- kyerds 3. On emergency iron vessels may De
built 81 the docky ards by conso more raPiiy than
wo.Ndrn yes- and without the TX n decay, which
j. ALWAYS incurred in using unSessoDed timber iro
lower aSs and yards add wire standing riggng sooui
also be substituted for wood masts SOD hemp nsghs
a. The former have been found Nv many years eIpe-
repce 10 be more durable and efhcieLt, and AZ the
same time less co-t.y than the latter.
From an experience Of thirty years IL building and
msnsgirg iron and wood vessels, feel convinced tna
cd Of wooden vessels Is persevered II, millions OF