, 1876-08-20
Mr. James Turner'S Gas-Consuming
Processs---History Of His Sci
entidc Experiments.
a New MISUNDERSTANDING
an [ncombustibte Vapor.
Artificial Butter-Mal1ing---An-
other Of the Industries Of
Chicago.

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This committee was to nominate various other
committees, who were to have charge Of certain
districts and give the matter sncb close ncr.
son.l ottcnt;on a. had ncver hnforc h.sn d.
ooa'l A'.en1'u,4 ~, ~ AA. He'.A 'eioie Deen oe'
Fdtcd tt 1t, lie commiktces nave not yet becn
appointed, and nothing effective has been done.
Meanwhile i]urjn+ thc 1>a,1se bctwrcn the arts
II may h. Won tn give the nuhli. little cvnl;rit
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information upon Que feature o1 the SUBJECT
that has never been generally known,
It should he stated in beginning that all these
scn,r,tc and ,1;stinct stcnchcs from rho rom
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oefl'is s-nousS, ale eo"iFoseu so4ely ~ lnc
that is being turned into grease and tallow. II
these eases could be disposed of before leaving
Tho r.nd.r;ny establishment II ia ov;;1ent +hot
.he n. - - tnas
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further, it should be stated that, while the rca,
lcrinn-hnuscs generally have made m eff,rt tn
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es'a'1fsln'eht WHICH 'nay oe saie'S quotea as an
that Of Mr.. james Turner, situated at No. 536
Archer avenue. Mr., Turner has invented and
put in practical operation method OF con-
suniag the gas, SO that nonc OF it IS allowed to
leave the place.
TIE HISTORY OF MS ExrER1MENrs
great interest, not only popular, but scientific.
For years Mr. Turner was prosecuted and
harrassea, aud eycH INFLICTED, for run
ming an establishment which was
declared to be j public nuisance
on account OF the stencil, and tic ut length made
up his mind fully either to get around the dif-
ticulty BY destroying the smells or else get out
of business entirely. The idea occurred to him
early in his investigations to consume the gas,
and accordingly hc tried the experiment Of run
ming it through pipes into his furnace. That
WAS about three years ago. Dr.. Raucl!, who was
then Sanitary Superintendent OF the city, be-
came very much interested in the subject and
entered hcartily into the experiment with Mr..
Dr.. Miller, who also expressed himself well
pleased with the method adopted, and read
papcr before the Convention Of tic Boards Of
Health in New York, giving the result of the
experiment, which was considerable of an ad-
vance on what had been attempted previously.
But Mr.. Turner was not content to stop here.
He found that the gas would not III reality burn
under temperature less than 1000 degrees
The gas would, under slower fire, simply filter
up through the fame anu ccals without being
impaired and would mount up the chimney,
whence it would be blown with the wind only
to sink again to the earth with all its. pristine
vieiousncss Of u1or. What he wanted to do,
then, WAS to make the gas Of d quality that
would burn at all ordinary heat. AnalyZlng it,
he found that what it lacked to render it com
bIstible was caroon- So be started in to add
carbon to its ingredients. This necessitated
more complex apparatus. Nothing dauntcd By
the difficulties, lie proceeded with the determl-
nation OF accomplishing the result desired, and
he DID ACCOMPLISH IT.
As the apparatus now stands, IN iron pipe is
with the top OF each la7d~tank. These
pipes meet and, running down to the I0or, pass
through q vat Of cold running water. The OBJ
icct Of passing the pipes through the water is to
reduce their temperature, the gas and steam in
the pipes being o1 course very hot at the start.
The steam IS by this means reduced to water,
aud. passing out OF the vat, IS separated from
the gas by q very simple process, as follows:
There Is another pipe running upward, connect |
ed NTH the man one, 1or tlc purpose Of carry
ing Oft the gas, the water continuing on toward |
the sewer. The gas is prevented from follow
ing the water BY means OF coil or bend IN the
pipe, which rcudcrs that portion OF It always
tuu Of water, SO that tie gas is unable |
to pass. The gus. then, follows
along the other pine. up aud out OF the build
ing, to small shed situated about 5o feet from
The n,ain house. Here it Is conducted into an
iron tank about foot in diameter and to
[cet deep, containing gasoline or otneF hsht
carbon oils. The gasoline Immediately torns !
chemical combination With the gas, producing
coMHrsT1BlE AND 1NFLAMMAbLE GAS:
Another pipe leads out OF the tank TO the 1ur-
1aee III the basement u Int fchacIlnE estap-
ishIncnt, and the gas passes INTO tne furnace,