, 1870-05-30
TEE NEW ILLUMINATOR.
ELc O1yhydric LfEht-What Arc Its
Advantages Over ssn.l

FTorn lhe Mar FORK Herald, Mar 81.
u eeems likely fhat within very short
u, means Of the o1hydsic light instead OF tbe
miserable gas whicE nightly throws it into
shadows that only make darkness visible.
TEtrts have been made during tho
::tt year or go to have the new Light intro
Grced. but somehow or another Obstacles l,nye
betu thrown In the waE OF every movement
hde ior that purpose OF 1ate, howoyer,
istticu!arly since the intelligence tlat the oxy.
Eycf1c Light had been used with such cmiuent
sus cess IN Paris, some Of our foremost capi-
talsts have taken The matter in hsnd, and in q
snoit time, it is to be hoped, the city Of New
tlle game time that it gives clearer light than
ti'e ordinary gas, purifies instead Of poisons
the atmosphere. Tho o1yhydric light is uow
IEed in the great bouleyards Of Paris and in
many Of the great European cities. The COM
pany which IL now manufacturing tie article.
and whose temporary works hare been erected
IN Fo1ty-h1st street, near Tenth avenue, will
Eoon apply to the Common Council Of this
city fos Permission to lay pipes for the gen
eral supply Of the gas. Tic old gas mo-
nopolies will doubtless mike a hard fight
against the introduction Of the new idea,
tnt it is believed that the Common Council
viii Tor once look to the welfare Of tile city and
the eealt1 Of it's citizens, and not allow them
selves TO be oEerawed by the heavy weights Of
the present gas Hystetu- The new gas gives q
bright. clear light, has no smoke, and, instead
of EeatinG tie atmosphere, actually cools it.
1Ee conn any now sul ply imuense quantidos
as Professor Eorcnus says, should commend
it to general usage instead Of
tle present no1ious article. The oxy-
E,dlic gas can be let ont Of the pipes at full
ttrcc 1t night, and there is no danger Of suf-
sseaticn from 1t, for It only goes to purify the
-ir. This fact is Of immense value to our
- country cousins who come to town, and
have halat Of blowing cut tho Eas. Many
5Ceenics hare gonc to their Kingdom come in
his way; bnt If nothing but pure oxygen
Genes through tic pipes it is evident that
nothing eaaSs1o onH conld come from its escape.
Tie healthful effect Of the now eas IL 40 well
anderetoodby by the medical fraternity that the
company already supply over 5000 cubic feet
day for their use alone
The cost Of the oxbydlic light and the adj
vantsges that would result from its adoption
may be briefly summed ur. The light il ub-
TIMED TIMED by tuIniHE oxygen gas and surearbu-
1ained by tho use OF the zirccan or maEnesis
pt tDciis, winch has already been demonstrated
At the Paris Hotel de Vile, at the Tui!ler1es.
the Theatre dc Ia Gn:etc,fc. The Bo-called Bat
wing burner type adopted by the cite Of Paris
consumes n a. q 40 hires an hour under pressure Of
intensity Of light as the Argsnd burner, con-
Hanlng !6o htres, which is replaced with great
advantage At one-half the coet bv an oxyhy-
dIlc burner, giving perfect white light, more
asreeabie to the eye than that OF the ordinary
gas, and of lar greater steadiness, although il
u deprived Of glass chimney Experiments
have proved that whatever nsy ba the c.r.
buratters used, and tho nature OF onslitv
of the carbon, tho absorption varies
at m average OF forty grammes DIR c,,h;c
metre Ct hydrogen, the prica Of tue lsttar
heibg thus increased from thirty centines fa
ta.irty.Eye centimes per cnhic metre. Tia
j>>etwing burner, consuming 1so litres par
III NJ, costs, at thirty centimes the cubir metre.
four ce11ti11es 2H100 1he same intensity Of
,i.Lt obtained by an orvlyddc burner Zone
ali hougie> consumes 16 litres oxygen at
"a Liz centines per metro; 2S htres
sN,ccrhnretted hydrogen 1t thirty i've centimes
:,cr metre, no cent,met, uincty-eight hun
.!,edtLs. The cost OF tho oxhsdrie Light ID,
'le,efore, only two centimea ten-hunlredths
pr lour- The second type (o1bJdnc bougie]
,,. ,xntu1nes thirty-two litres oxygen. Sixty
nt1ee EuPeEcartusetted hydrogen, giving twice
the intensity Of light of Batxing burner,
consuming &C Las it1es-the cost being
the esme-costs only four centimez twauty-hun-
dredtLs Fer hour. Is may be seen, tho derni-
ooneae-an o1yhydric boueie-settsea The
qhertlon Of economy. The ffst..type, gives at
bali the cost, the same intensity Of heht
nrcsrced By common gas, aud the sso-
na sype doubts tins lSnt y tos esss