The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-09-12
THE GAS QUESTION.
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HISTORY OF GAS MAXI (NG
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THE GAS HOUSES OF NEW YORK.
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raE CONTRACT AND TIE corpop ,rrox.
The Fames Of Gas mi Eious to Vegetation
and the ~ Sic Health.
yho Gas He lases Of LONDON and
Paris.
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nm HISTORY ~ GAs
Tho ocssrv' f'sn made N 1905, ~ Ut ''as''u'
that comhuf Esle Illuminating gas was prodpeed aur'ns
Tho accom- POSITION Of Goa by heat ana 'na' ths oou'u
b o5ieoi 81 Ont hundred years atefsaTos apphcaion
vru mar<,of ire rao, rh!s we the authority Of
.Knap Cheu, ca, rechuology,' avery valuable work
IN VII 40 every matter relating 20 The nature, quality,
and <spnfaci,,re Of gas Is treated with cearness aud
.bnAy Lord Dundonaid built coke furnaces in
ma ana amused himself by collecting the evolved
xs.ss in tubes and burning them without any definite
oboet suce the year 1922 another Engllshman Of the
nssae OF Murdoch to whom, says Knapp, We are In.
doblcd for tue useful application Of gas occupied HIM
self necessarily wth experiments TO the year 1870,
which were crowned in 1898 by the erection of the gas
work for Illuminating the manufactory Of Bouton Il
Watt Independently and about the saine
dime lie Bon, a FrenehmaD, succeeded in
illuminating his house which warmed by
the same means--thermo-lamp-by an application in
which no evolved bad gas from wood Gas was EN-.
paoyed by Windsor for street illumination in The year
1872 10 London and in 1915 in Paris OIL gas was lrst
prepared on large scale by Taylor in 1870 Ilumina
rang gas occurs and not very rarely, but II s
no. OF Oh good quality tha, artiGcialy produced 1t
bias always been observed whore matter Of organic
origin is undergoing gradual decomposition. The eele
brate holy AT res Baku the Caspian Sea, due 10
sho ignition Of gas that issues from the EARTH and
which Hess has be light carburetted hydrogen
with some naptha vapor. II contained T7b carbon TO
a26 hydrogen In New York they have gone still fur
lher; tie practical OF the Americana has already
made for industrial purposes OF similar sources Of
gas at Fredona, Lake Erie. The gas there IL COL
Iected IN gasometers and used for illumination. Pro
fcssor Knapp IN note 10 his work, states that
n appears from n paper OF Mr. Richard cowling
Taylor, published in the Philosophical Magazine
Tor March, ls4e. that the Chinese although, per-
haps, not gas manufacturers. have been never
theess acquainted with the coal gas both for u
ninating and heating purposes long before the knowl
sdEp OF It's application known TO The Europeans.
Beds Of coal are frequently pierced In China by the
bores for salt water and the niIammahe gas con-
veyed pipes 10 the salt works, where it lie ussd for
boiling and evaporang the salt other tubes convey tho
gas intended for Lighting the streets and the larger apart
easus aud Kitchens When there is stl more gus than
required conducted Beyond tho limits Of
she salt works aud there forms separate chimneys
columns Of fame. The burning fountain OF Damphire
= Of like origin that Fredonis, tho soil Of Italy,
particularly in the neighborhood OF tire Apprentices, is
remarkably rich In such phenomena Pie,ramsa, Bari
gazzo Bologna and the chief localities Of this
Kind.
The general principles OF illumination show that the
lighting properties of sas mixture Of gases must de-
pend upon the relation which the carbon in II bears to
ME hydrogen and that il only BIO turned TO useful
elements present than In fire damp, and when the
proportion OF both approaches that OF ohan,
ras IL is q remarkable chemical peculiarly
shat and hydrogen capable Of uniting 10 hs
proportions by weight 10 form series OF gases
and liquids which only different on account Of ths
different amount Of contraction Of volume which the
sismenss undergo In the moment OF combination, and
shs alone can explain the great multiplicity 81 solid
uqusd and g.ssous hydrocarbons which known ID
s--~ts fafa ale reSfp nd tar gaAu nfef
ssphAltum. and the refuse Of animal bodies. are al
uacticsly employed tsome experimeniay) in the pro
anosion Of gas The different nature Of these bodies
SECURES different modes OF preparing gas from
chem should be adopted.
Experience adds Professor Knapp has proved that
sanpel coal 10 fer superior all other kinds
smds the quantity and the quality OF the gas which !,
yields Scotch parrot coal is The best kind Even
Che Berlin gas works camel coal from England In
countries where this not 10 be met with, In France
highly eskins coal Of SIMILAR chSsss.r . chosen FOR
shs purpose; and on the east coast OF England
sak,ng coal y generally employed for "a.
saasing. me amount Of gas obtained from given
quantity OF coal depends very much upon the
QAlky Of the coal and upon the manner in which The
thtlisuon conducted According to Accam 100 cubic
ssss OF coal give from 500 900 cubic feet Of
asCordn NJ IS the kinds Of IAnoashrs
srs used the kind Of tanordshire coal A. th'
Dpspna OF 81 Louis. Pars the yearly average from Al
nuch coal Is IL 800 cubic feet Of gas which 10 equys
nsnt eos cubic feet Of gas tho e~t Of coal Prseh
estimates The produce Too that the statements
vssards the weigh, Of the vary from twelve 10
yrsn per cent
Into the minute details Of the manufacture or gas
nos necessary that should enter Gas may be made
Sson other substances well coal; may he made
esom soap, water rosn bones flesh and animal matter
in every the management, of ssshosdsr u attended
With dfresty and, We may add, with danger OF thi,
Ne shall give some proofs bsfors We have concluded
shs article The distribution OF ihs gss from the sascm
sasr " effected, 90 far as the principal mains are
eerped by means OF cast iron pipes The smaller nan-
tcr he supply Of houses are composad o. drawn e.den
Gus .ccoun, Of peculiar pulvcrueIt deposit fo-
from the metal and sho ingredients q tina gas sh.cl
shrough the tubea subjected friction sraips der
edes, Which increases rapidly AZ their diameter limn.
In ths page. OF the work TO which w. have se-dy al.
lnded, and from which have derived mot yaahle In
icunaicn there statistical data h r-.pe % The IL
summation OF London with From these -cns notion
sYthe ssnt o. gas works IN large ,owns may be formed
IN london there twelve compsnirs ergagea "a tho
s.ns espaI Of 900 as 600 oco shich return.
scco. seoooco - 800 900 yer snpun. rrom 3oa SO
lsscceooo pounds are annually obtained n ihs
ssusostpgh thigteen millions cubic lee, are eSei. for
CURED The re sasom.ers Il Al. ssht.sa v,rl, viii
bold ten million cabe feet ~ gss There 500 Der
m bDn ehVfoyrN Nfpn we NoNAs and $50
poysd an lnmplghtep stao- 1921 the Consumption IN
gns was doubled 10 I've yeats Tss determination Of The
quantity Of Illuminating MATERIAL consumed A. well ..
0e calculation OF wl1i I'll cost a Simple matter
w5inn every body eonprs eoscu tho DISCRIMINATION
sf the quantity OF tight contrary rp1ures mare
sxplAuaiion Light c,bnot 10 Deasafed 10 ~ quan.
ey, any more than heat II xs1not b. 81. psfcd hous
mnoh Ugh, Name emi's. bit iNesn be scteu1ncaly
csrtsined how much moro or -, evolves lIaa IN.
+ other fame
yisu,-Av eAr sorr.sr
The w0vks " this company wers N0asfrngt ed IN shs
PEAR 1873 They situate At the o. Rssbi-cnth
sucst North river, sni N rtVrtsenih street Fan
river Tho prrcbsss OF lard and fhe srertion of the
buildings Gust 5000 900 ihs ~hch amounts -
a. 600 600 u hsh BY fOur hsnhrsd prs,tetofs
The value Of each share u $50 The orhepany hav. laid
a less fhad lcl INLET or p.pes rMe.s pp., ron
scush thc streets om cspsi ssrecs q yh.r,y.foar,h
fscrAes nsnufscturs u gee ~ SU y sco,eoo erblc
~, ssd We msxip,um 1900 yht aaA y made
@ va 1850 y 10000 sons Ihs lnqt ehaAs,d