Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-12-01
A NEW -ILLUEEANATOR.
a Cheap and Safe burning Gas

: a Cheap and Safe Burning Gas
There Is no one cause of complaint so
r uzjveTsei, and so we'll grounded, "a eli
! cities, both European and American, as
, 4 the extoTtiOns and shortcomings Of
gas companies. We have yet to see 3
town or city that is lighted with gas,
whether by contract CT Otherwise, IN
which there were not grumbliDg5 about
the manner In which &c was d0ne-the
irregularities in he quality, the lack Of
quantity, the discrepancies in the
charges, etc, q or all was sure to be
brought up as a cause Of complaint II the
gas question was sprung. No matter
how fair the promises ara which the
company makes when seeking for a
charter or making g contract, they soon
forget them, and like all monop0liss, be-
come tyranniesl and oppressive. Until
the discovery Of petroleum 10 such vast
quantities as TO make 1t cheaper than
any other oiesgenous production, either
natural or manufactured, society was
absolutely at the mercy Of these mOnopo-
lies. This discovery and the many con-
comitaBts, in lamps and burners, was
some relief, and TO a certain extent made
the people independent OF the gas eOmpA-
MES, reducing the price 2ndimprOViDg the
quality OF the com modify. Bat nothing
mas been yet found which can take it,
llace entirely. OIL is not clean, lamDs
are troublesome to light aud to keep in
order, and last, but not least, they sre
dangerous, and no method has vet been
discovered of making them cafe. Gas Is
convenient and safe, and for this reason
holds its own.
10 the last few years the attention OF
inventors has been directed TO domestic
gas machines, to enable private families
or individuals to manufacture their own
Illuminating gas. The efforts have been,
until very recently, attended with but
partial success. The latest invention, I
however, is 8 complete triumph, and set {
Ties the question Of gas m0nopOlies for 7
ever, and hat by the aid Of one Of the .
products of that wonderful disco very,
petroleum, which in its crude form gave '
the gas companies their first check. Il :
now comes down on them with q foish- :
ing stroke in he shape of gasoline, Z
which, by the simplest process, by the v
admixtUre Of atmospheric air, forms one
OF the most beautiful, safe snd cheap -
gases ever yet discovered. z
There have been two or more machines
Tor ettecring this impregnation OF atmOs- ,
pheric air with the gasoline, and for dis I
.tributing the manufactured product over y
The building, but none, We believe, have =
the success of that invented y
and patented by Iva Pritchard, =
recently. and now being introduced y
INTO the market. 1t is, without dispsr- :,
to other inventions, the most Z;
durable and safe Of all that we p
seen or examined, and furnishes a y
ightunsurpassed in brilliancy and cheap. -,
less. -
Messrs. G. II. Blood & Co., No. 36I p
Main street, importers and dealers in for a.
ign hardware and in Illuminating ma -
erisls, have taken the agency for it in -
his State and the adjoining ones, snd to -
i've every IA who wishes to examine -
! an opportunity OF making practical OBJ a.
ervRtioHs, they have caused their store ~
0 be lighted by one OF the machines
We visited their establishment on Thurs -,
ay evening last, when they used it for =,
first time, and again on Saturday, =
fter they bad given it a thorough test IL,
II three nights and we can truly aver ~
nat no store in Memphis ever was more A.
Illuminated. On the occasion -
I our last visit, through the courtesy of ~
Lr. UrquhaFt, a partner of the firm, we 80.
ere shown the apparatus for tho gener- NJ
ton and distribution Of the gas. It con- ~
sts of four parts. lst the receiver, for 10
le reception OF the gasoline, a az
- A ~ A0Eb LWEU6 I M.
lights six months and mOre} -,
be next apparatus is The reservoir for ~
le reception of the els to be converted
Ito gas. This Is a cylinder of plate iron, c
eight feet in Diameter and ten feet 5
aep, suspended or z sating, with its la9.
IeF open end in q cistern of water, ike Gu,
huge inverted cup. AS the air is oIu
Imped 10 from beneath, through the vi
alter Of the eistern, the cylinder, is lifted got
} by il, and as the gas is required for III.
assumption the pressure OF the weight 70,
this sheet iron cup forces it through Lo'
e pipes laid for its conveyance. The =
ird is the pump for forcing the ar into pa,
Q reservoir. the fourth the sys- ~
"a Of tubing for conveying The aug
into the cisterD, through the et.
ok Of gasoline, and distributing r.;
e gas throughout the building. M
lis is the whole machine. The air is ~,
'eed through the gasoline, and by con- esnt.
becomes impregnated with the in 'S7'
.mmsDle gas, and by the same system n
pipes is conveyed through the house at a n
Il. s,oo
The gas is absolutely safe, and we are
thorizsd by Messrs. Blood & Co, to n
Y that The Board of Underwriters have
accepted it, after a thorough examf- 10.
ton, County and State rights for sale -
Aiesers. Blood & Co., 36I Main street. ms.
10 will furnish all further information M NJ.
the subject, L