The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-01-24
TO GAS CON MEKs.
NEW GAS REGULATOR,
INVENTED By
DIR. CHAs. M. ericsson.

Uato Managing Engineer of the Philadelphia Gas
Works, possessing GREAT DELICACY Of adjustment,
by the peculiar form of and gas holder
governing accurately single light with ospacIty TO
pass gas enough the full number OF lights and the
ability within the instrument itself to increase the
pressure, when the greater quantity of required
Among the peculiar ad Vantages OF this Regulator,
that make II preferable to instruments OF more con-
haoted size, which require the of MERCURV or
FLEXlBLE DlAPHRAGMsy the following deserve
especial notice =
Wharf.-The free motion OF the Regulating Valve
through considerable space, gives greater deicacy Of
adjustment, and a wider range Of consumption In a
single instrument, than is possible with other forms
sECOHD-1he fluid seal Of GLYCkRINE E used in this
REGULATOR avoids the dangers resulting In other
forms, ffom the unwholesome vaporB of Mercury.
which, passing Off with the Gas, are disseminated
throughout the In which II burned subjeotIng
the occupants I U ALL THE DELETERIoUs EFFECTS
OF MERCURY upon the human system, and especia ly
upon the LUNGS and SKIN, when 1t Is thus difused as
vapor The occidental overflow of Mercury from tbese
mercurlal Seals hasi often injured valuable Gas Meters
the OF which has necessarily been charged to the
consumer.
Where the Of MERCURY in regulators is avoided
by the substitution of FLEXIBLE DIAPHRAGM the
resulting dicultes also numerous; one is the la
bility 20 LEAKAGE and EXPLOSION OF GAS. an
other the loss Flexiby and consequent in efficiency
by age and exposure to cold thirdly the inherent
vice of want Of oellcacy Of adjuJmen and range of
action.
TO remedy these faults, the "CREssoN REGULA :
TOR" invented and wherever introduced it has
given the greatest satisac tion, always producing n
steady light ana regular consumption, with saving OF
from TWENTY to Thirty Per Cent. IN amount of gas
consumed.
LEIIERS PATENT have been granted for this Repu
lator, both in the UNITED STATES and in ENGLAND.
Il is manufactured by the
AMERICAN METER COMPANY"
OF NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, and BOSTON, for
alone and SALE Wholesale and Retail at our ware
houses in this city where all orders letters should be
addressed.
The following ia an extract from the Journal of the
| FRANKLIN Inc eIITUTE dated October 49, 1865 IAN
experimental trial then made to the quantity of
gas consumed by the burners when under regu alton to
theirmaximum economy, and ais amo unit consumed
by the burners when subjected to the ordinary
| variations of street pressure.
"1he result showed that with the Regulator there
was uniform y Is cubic feet OF gas per hour consumed
being average of 7lO cubic per burner Whilst
| without the Regulator the same burners consumed
from l06 l40 cubic feet per hour the average being 1875
cubic feet, or 6 feet per hour to each burner"
The test apparatus which set up In the FRANK
| LIN INSTI U l. can be seen at our
SCALE WAREHOUSE
In this city, the public are invited to call and
examlne themselves, the amount of saving effected
| by the use of the
CRESSON REGULATOR.
FAIRBANKS & EWING,
MASONIC HALL,
124 No. 716 CHEsNUr STREET.