The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-02-01
TO GAS CONsU MER S.
wewSud cOl your attention toS
NEW GAS REGULATOR,
We wSuld eau your attention TO q
IN VENTED BY
DIR. CHAs. M. CREssoN.

DIR. CHAS. M. CRESSON.
Inte Managing Engineer Of the Philadelphia Gas
Works, possessing GREAT DEbIcAoY OF adjustment.
by the of peculiar OF wave and gas holder,
governing accurately single light. with oapacty 90
gas enough for the full number lights and the
ability within the instrument ITSELF to increase the
PRESSURE when the greater quantity of Is required
Among the peculiar advantages Of this Regulator,
that make II preferable to instruments of more
tracted size, which require the use Of MFBCURY or
FLEXIBLE DIAPHRAGMs, the following deserve
especial notlce:-
FIRsT-The free motion OF the Regulating valve
through considerable space gives groa de cacy OF
adjustment, and wider range Of consumption In a
single instrument than Ia possible with other forms
sECoND-The fluid seal ct GLYCERINE used In tins
REGU LAT0R avoids the dangers resulting in other
forms, from the unwholesome vapors of Mercury.
which. passnR Off with the Gas, are disseminated
throughout the in which ii Is burned subectlng
the occupants To ALL THE DELETERIoUs EFFECTS
OF MERCURY upon the human system and especially
upon the LUNGS and SKIN when 1t thus dlnused as
vRlor. The accidental overflow of Mercury from these
mercural Seals hasi often injured valuable Gas Meters
the cost (which has necessarily been charged to the
consumer
Where the use ofMERcURY in regu' ators is avoided
by the substitution of FLEXIBLE DIAPHRAGM, the
resulting difficulties also Numerous; one Is the lia
bllty to LEAKAGE and EXPLOSION OF GAS, an
other, the loss OF Fexbllty and consequent nec
by age and exposure to cold thirdly the inherent
vice of want of Oelicaoy of adjustment, and range of
actien.
TO remedy these faults, the "CREssoN REGULA
TOR" was invented and wherever introduced It has
given the greatest satisfaction, always producing
steady light ana regular consumption with saving
IRON TWENTY to Thirty Per Cent amount of gas
consumed
LETTERS PATENT have been granted for this Reru
lator, both in the UNITED STATES and In ENGLAND.
i. is anufactured by the
"AMERIcAN METER COMPANY"
OF NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, and BOSTON. for
alone and tor sale, Wholesale and Retail ct our ware
houses In this city, where all orders and letters should
addressed
The following is extract from the journal of the
FRANKLIN INSTITUTE, dated October 49, 1855 IAN
experimental trial then made to the quantity Of
gas consumed by the burners when under egu
their maximum economy and also the amount consumed
by the same burners when subjected to the ordinary
variations of street pressure.
"1he result showed that with The Regulator, there
uniformly rs cubic feet gas per hour consumed
being average of 7lO cubic feet per burner whilst
without the Regulator the same burners consumed
from lC 10 lao cubic feet hour the average being 2e
cubic feet, or 6 feet per hour to each burner "
The test apparatus which set up In the FRANK
| LIN INSTITUTE can be seen at our
SCALE WAREHOUSE
In this city, where the public invited to call ana
examine themselves, the amount of saving effected
| by the use of the
| CRESSON REG GUIATOR.
FAIRBANKS & EWING,
MASONIC HALL,
124 mws1m No. 715 CHESNUr STREET.