The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-02-03
TO GAS CON MEBS
We would cali your attention tos
NEW GAS REGULATOR,
DIR. CHAs. M. CRESSON,
INVENTED BY


CJote Managing Engineer Of the Philadelphia Gas
Works, possessing GREAT DEbIC CALY adjustment
by the use Of peculiar form of We and gas holder
governing accurately single lgh', with a capacity 10
pass gas enough for the tul number ligh and th
ability within the lment itself to increase the
pressure when the greater quantity OF gas required
Among The peculiar advantages OF this Regulator,
that make II preferable to instruments OF more
trsoted size. which require the use of W. BCURY or
FLkXIBLE DIAPHRAGMs, the following deserve
especial notice -
FIR,T-1he free motion OF the Regulating Valve
broush considerable space, gives greater dc icaey ot
adjustment, and a wider iauge Of cOnsump lion In a
single instrument, than Is possible with other forms
sECOND-1he fluid sea Of GLYCt RINE used In thIs
REGU LATOR, avoids the dangers resulting In her
FORMS from the unwholesome vapOrs OF Mercury.
which. Iarsing of with tho Gas, disseminated
throut hout the which 1t burned subjectlng
the occupants ALL THE DkLE1ERIOUS EFFECTS
OF MERCURY upon the human system and cspecln Iy
upon the LUNGS and sKIS, when II thus difused as
yapoT The accidental overflow Of Mercury from hose
mCrCurol Seals has often injured valuab Gas Ne ems
the cost OF which has necessarily been charged to tho
consumer
where the use ofMERCURT in regu ators ia avoided
by the substitution ofaFLEXIBLB DIAPHR NGAL tho
sung dincultics also numerous; one IL the ia
blity to LEAK 1GE and EXPLOSION oFGAS. an
ober ibe loss OF FeXbIlty and conseq nefceDcy
by age and exposure to cold, and thirdly the inherent
vice Of want of Oolcacy Of Adjustment, end range o.
action.
To remedy these faults The "CREssoN REGULt
TOR" was invented and wherever introduced II baa
given the greatest satisfaction, always pro oIucng q
steady light ana regular consumption with saving on
from 1WEN1Y to 1niR1Y Fer Cent IN amount Of gas
consumed
LETTERS PATINT have been gran ed for this Requ-
lator, both In the UNITED STATES apd In ENGLAND.
Il is m anuiactured by the
AMERICAN METER COMPANY"
OF NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, and BOSTON foe,
alone and tor sale, Wholesale and Retail at our ware
houses In this city, where all orders and should
addressed.
The following is extract from the Journa of the
FRANKLIN lNcTlTUTS, dated October l8 IS6S:-"Aa
experimental trial was then ade to the auan ity of
gas umed by the burners when under tegu alton to-
thermaxlmum economy, and he amo ant con sHmed
by the burners when subjected to tho ordinary
variations of street pressure.
~ he result showed that with the Regulator, there
uniform ly 10 cubic feet gas per hour consumed
being an average of 7-lO cubic feet per burner Whilst
without the Regulator the same burners. consumed
from lo6 10 l40 cubic per hour the average being 1876
cubic feet, or feet per hour to each burner"
The tcst apparatus which set up In the FRAME
LIN INSTI1 VI L can be seen at our
SCALE WAREHOUSE
In this city, where the public invited to coll
themselves the amount of saving effeoted
by the use of the
CRESSONe REGULATOR.
FAIRBANKS & EWING,
MASONIC HALL,
1s4mwslm No. 715 CHESEUT STREET