The New York herald., 1870-05-27
TEE NEW ILLUMINATOR.
The 0xyhydric Light What Are It's Advantages
Ovar Common Gas-Will the City Adept
1t or Motif Not. Why Mott

1t seems quite likely that within very short
period Of time this city viii be Illuminated by means
OF the oxyhydrc light instead of tho miserable gas
which nightly throws IL into shadows That Only
make darkness visible. Efforts have been made
during tue Last year so to have the new light IN
troduced, bat somehow or another obstacles have
been Inrowh In the way OF every movement
made for that purpose. or late, ever, parlicu-
larry since the Intelligence that the oyyhydric light
has been used with such eminent success in Paris,
OF our foremost capitalists have taken tue mat
ter In hand, an IN short time, it Is to be hoped,
the CITY OF New YORK Will enjoy the luxury OF gas
which, at the same time that 1t gives better light
than the ordinary gas, purnes instead OF poisons
the atmosphere. The oxyhydrlc night Il now usei
In the great bouievarts OF Paris and IN
many OF the great European cities. TIE company
which Is now manufacturing the article and wIose
te enporary works nave been erected In Forty-hrst
street, near Tenth avenue. win soon apply to the
Common Couucil OF this city for permission to lay
pipes for the general supply OF the gas. The old gss
monopoiies will Doubtless make a hard Gght
against the Introduction OF the new idea,
but 1t IL believed That the Common Council
will for once look to the welfare OF the
city aud the health OF ITS citizens, aud nos
allow themselves to be overawed by the heavy
weights OF the present gas sys.em. The new gas
gives bright, clear light, has no smoke, ana IN.
s.ead Of heating the atmosphere actually c)ols it.
Tne company now supply immense quantities Of Il for
meca purposes aud this Of itselI, as Professor Do
rem IS says, n).ld commend u general usags In
stead OF tue present noxlous arLicle. Tne oAy.
hydro ga can DO ieC out or the pipes al
ulI force at night aud there IL no Danger
air. This IN Is OF Immense vaiue 10 our 'couniry
cousins' vino como 10 town and nave habie OF
| bloGiug oar the gas. Many grcelies nave euns TO
tieir kiDgiom c)iic In tnis ways but II nothing but
pure oxygen comes tnro i9h the pipes II Is eyid
hltn nj fti4
! The heathul enect OF the new gas Is SO well un
| derstood by the medical frate My that tle company
already supply over 5000 euDic feet day lor tleif
| us. alone.
rue cost or the oxyhydrc ,ht AMI the advantages
that would result from is adoption may he briefly
summed up. The light - obtained by burning oxygen
gas anu surcarDurettsd hydrogen. IL is rs cDeap
asess wns sI pencils wo has are ready be en- demo
strated at tue Pais Hotel de vile at the Tuilerles
the Ta.atre de ia Gaiee ,na; &c; Iae 50, s2,oi "a
Of Paris consumes lao lures an holr under pres-
sure OF m, oo. 20 minetres, aud yieis the same
intensity Of aht as the Argand burner. con .uming
100 itres which s repiacei with great Advantage at
one. hal the cost by an oxyhydrlc burner giving
perfect white ngnt, more agreeable to eye than
that OF the Ordinary gas aud OF far greaer steadl
ness, althougn 1t Is deprived OF glass cAlmney.
| or quality Of the. carbon the absorption
varies a. al average Of forty grammes per caoio
| thus increased from Thirty centimes to thirty-hve
centlmes per cubic mere ihs Batwing burner,
times inc cable metre, four centlmes 2o-loo.
The sams Intensity OF light Obtained by an
oxyhydric burner lone-half bongle) consumes
twelfth continues per metre; twenty eight ntres
surcarburetted hydrogen at thlrty-hve cen
dredths The cost OF the oxhydnc light Is, there.
fore, only two c.numes ten-handredths per hour
The second type (oxhydfc bougle) consumes thirty
two hires oxygen. Sixty lfres surcarburc! TED il y
drogen, giving twice the Intensity Of light OF bat
wing Iurner, consuming l4o itres-the cost being
L tila a.
| dredths per hour. As may be seen, the demi
bougie-an oxyhydrlc boa9le.setlles the ques
at at half the cost the same intensity Of 'shi
produced py coamoa gas, and the second type
OF the same system, able to give az strong liglt
that produced by twelve Batwng burners, and
| as the common gas. With the new system Of burn.
ers the pencil and the glass chimney are done away
with, the leaks are nearly anph a.ed in CONSEQUENCE
| OF the iow pressure AT which tho TWO gases are
burned; the lighting and extipguishing are as simple
as with the ordinary gas As far as the heat gene
rated by the oxyhydric gas In proportion 70 tue lgh
Ing power Obtained ls concerned it Is great q al
lower than thai generated 10y ordinary gas. The
gas, seventy centimes per Nero; per 1000 cnbit
feet, three d,ilars, gold; carbureted hydrogen
o352io ceniimes per metre; per 1000 cube feet
85 3l8. cubic fecE. Tns Paris street gas COS
thirty centtmes per metre, or per 1000 cupic feet
per 1000 cubic feet, or double the Pars price, TIL,
same difference In prices woald be made manifest
| L1ls CITY ny Luo luTOuUCtiOu OI Tue ncW gas
present burners consuming 14o litres five feet pc
hour oan be replaced by oxyhydric burners consl ID
ing but sixteen ltres or two-thlrds OF foot, oXy
Cen-twcn y-eigh litres foot OF e,
hydrogen giving the same light at haif the prlcs,
double the gn6 for the same price, and at One-fftl
| the heat gene sated by common ga.
| The oxyhvdrlc Ca Company OF Paris obtained
charter from the proper authorities on the 25lh q
March last, authorizing IL 10 lay pipes In tie yer
centre Of the city a length OF one kiiometer. ~.
locality Illuminated by the new gas conprises wv
| tncs tres--the Vnudeviie and the Grand 0pefa--th
1 (trlr .liQ ira. IA Ifsia
and des Capul licnnes.
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