Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-09
TIE NEW TLLU1IINATORa
bonnie AIR Gas.

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manufacture OF gas for lighting private
dwellings, stores, public offices, etc. A.
the time, we were perfectly satisfied o.
the success Of the invention, and the ca.
pGeity OF the machinery for generating
and distributing the gas; and we
have frequently, since the article re-
feTred 10, made it our business
TO visit establishments Illuminated
with 1t, especially the stores and
very extensive wAFerooms and shops
of Msssrs. O.. II. Blood q Co., No. 36I
Main street, and watch its continued op-
Grafton. We are happy 10 say that our
opinion of its excellence remains mail
tered, or, IL changed ct all, We are more
than ever convinced Of its utility, pTEc-
ticableness and eheapness, and tia il is
destined, at no distant day, to come into
general domestic use.
We have alluded before to the univer-
sal complaint which pervajes m~etropoli-
tan life the world over, Of the short
e0mings, extOFtions and tyTaunies OF
chartered or licensed gss companies. No
city or town, in Europe or America,
lighted with gss furnished by these mo
! noDolies, whether by contract or
otherwise, Is free from complaints
| OF their expressions. The lack Of quan.
tity, Irregularities in quality, exCrbit-
ance Of charges, ard the total indiff.r-
ence displayed b. the officials TO the
wants and complaints Of those who ere
compelled to nave their gss, ami are
therefore in their power, all make q long
and powerful bill OF Indictment az inst
/ pablo gas companies.
Where is the remedy? Gas we are
bound to have. We can not do without
it. TJm Moore, ia his receipt for pro-
longing our dsys, tells 70 to steal a part
Of the night aud add to them. Although
the lord was but "funHiug" when he
wrote the lines, or, at least, was auacreon-
King, he never uttered q happier thought
-or Wi more apropos to the present age.
Life is too short, time too precious to
spend it as our forefathers did-one-hAif
of it in sleep simply because it was dark.
No! We must steal E few OF those hours
OF darkness, and By artificial daylight
add them TO the useful minutes Of our
lives.
A. present We know OF but one practi-
cable sgeut by which TO accomplish this
desirable end. We have already shown
the faults which condemn other ilIumi-
matters. Lard and sperm Gil do net
give light enough, and are dirty.
Kerosene, coal oil, aurora oil, CAM
phene, burning haid, sun oil, etc,
etc, smell badly, are not clean,
and are no: safe. They are al danger
ous. ThOse that will not explode viii
burH if fire IS brought in contact with
them. Lamps are Troublesome to light,
to keep in Cid5r end to clean. Glass
lamps sre fragile, metallic unsightly and
dissgreeGble to handle. Candles are
costly, ri e but little light, and except
the very finest, are subject 10 the same
complaints as oil lamps. Until Electric. /
ity, that wonderful element with which
man has accomplished 50 much, end
whish he is eti!l putting to so many uses
daily, hourly ana infinitely, until 4 turns
our night into day by some application
of the electric light, (Which is sure to
be secomplishedl We have but one
Illuminating agent TO which we have re-
coursa-Gaa
Gas then We must have, and it Is this
necessity, this absolute demand, Lhat has
put civilized msukiEd under the control
sad sa=y Cf the most tyraanicsl and
despOtic OF mCnOp0!ies, the gas comD2-
nies, and W. should hail any invention
or any medium which will free u5 from
cur bond2g sc SIS d d~aiiyereF,
Such Q de3iY5rer il the domestic gas
machine that We speak OF, known Us
PrichsTd's patent. The gas furnished By
this machine Is called hydro caT6Oatc air
and is formed By forcing the Amos
air through gasoline, which is an
ETHEREAL di5tilisli0p Of coal oil. Tee ma
chine ia comparatively e~Osties7, being
OF Eus fsur parts, so simple Of
construction that the most uEskilled
blacksmith in g country viii
.age SAL construct one These
parts are, lst the receiver, for the re-
vi the gasoline, la barrel Of
will last twenty lights six
months and m9re), Tie next sp-
is the reservoir for The
reception Of the air to be converted into
gas. This is Z cylinder of p!ste iron,
soTae eight feet in diamster and ten feet
suspended or floating, with lis
open end in a clstsrn Of water, like
2 huge Inverted cup. AS the air is
pumped in from beneath, through the
water o. the c~lsterD, the cylinder is lifted
up By it, ana as the gas IS required for
consumption the pressure Of the weight
Of this sheet iron cup forces il through
the pipes lsid for its conveyance. The
third Is the pump Tor forcing the air into
the reservoir. The fourth the system of
for conveying the air into the els
tern, through the tank OF the gasoline,
and distributing the gas throughout the
building. The air is forced through the
gasoline, aud by contact becomes i'm
pregBated with the inH1mmable gss,
and by the same system Of pipes IS con-
through the house at viii. Messrs.
G.. II. Blood & CO. have manufactured q
great msny of these machines during
the past two months, and now have or
gers fsr ahead,
It has been definitely settled that the
gas and machinery are absolutely safe, |
and Messrs. Blood & Co. have certii-
Gates from the underwriters and iDsu-
rance companies permitting these who
use them to insure without advance on
rates. Merchants and others
hotel and clearinghouse keepers, factO-
etc will find it 10 their incaicu,a-
bic interest to purchs"e and put them uP.
The gas bill OF any ordinary house for
year will pay every expense Of cree
etc, while the expense OF general
gas is less than -+yiy CENTS per thou
feet.
Meesrs. Blood & Co., 96I Main street,
will be happy to show the o in opera
lion in their establishment to any Who
nsy wish &c call,