The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-14
A LIGHT THAT SHINES.

Artificial Gas Made to do HettCr Service.
Natural Gus us mn Illuminant.
q An important ad.
~ iunOt 10 the business
a OF tic Wheeling Nat.
@ ural Gas Company has
~ beensdded by the pur-
g.; s; &; ::;$ = !:
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A for considerable ter.
ritory, including
W ~i Wheeling. This branch
90 OF the business is on.
Ia Grated, 1t Is true, un.
der the name oil the
Natural Gas Illumin-
atlng Company, but
M this corporation is
composed Of the lead
ing spirits Of the nat
I,AAsSpsa IA. ural gascompany, The
~ .s.4 corporation is organ
Y ICED under !hs laws OF
f$SS.Is 81 West Virginia, the
| - principal office Is in
Q q Wheeling, and the
III capital stock is $50, 0O0,
%taaT which may be inCreas
cd to S26O,OO0. The Illuminating Com.
pany manufactures and sells the regenera.
tive gas lamp.
The chief advantages claimed for the
siemenS. Lungron lamp are increased iiiu.
minating power at greatly reduced cost.
One Of the lamps Ia In use In the JSTELLI.
dENcER editorial rooms and gives complete
satisfaction. The light 10 soft though
powerful. II conbunes eight cubic feet
an hour, gives o hundred candle power,
has taken the place OF four eight.toot
burners and performs o service which
never was expected Of the four combined,
THE GOOD QUALITIES.
A committee Of the franklin Institute
Of Philadelphia, ascientiaC society Of high
repute, made q very complimentary re.
port in awarding medal TO this lamp.
The committee said: "The Luugren In,
verted Gas Lamp owes It's efficiency TO the
heating OF the air and gas which enter
the flame, by means Of the waste heat
which Ia leaving the lamp. Resembling
in this respect the Siemens lamp, II has
peCuliarties which render II noticeable
and increase It's value 10 marked degree.
1.-THE aamO and tho illumination is all
below the structure OF the lamp itself
there are no shadows and the light thrown
down from the suspended lamp Ia entirely
uuobsLruCted. The lamp is, ALEC, Of q form
and structure which admits Of its use In
variety Of places, where the Siemens lamp
could not be used 70 conveniently. Fl.
nally, ita efficiency is much higher than
that Of The Sleineng lamp In small and
Mediun Tampa, such 90 are used In the
lighting Of offices, stores, aud apartments
Of moderate dimensions. It's value for
general illumination is, for this reason,
greater.
Tin measuring the light Of the lamp, your
committee found u necessary 10 construct
photomeIep for The angular measure.
tnenil Horizontal measurements were
made on The bar phOtometer used Ia test.
Ing the Biemena lamp. The flame OF this
lanp being entirely below the lamp, how.
ever, the horizontal rays do not IapEe.
sent lie efficiency In actual Use"
The lamps vary In size and ilnlah. They
produce as high as aga candle power, with
consumption Of eighteen cubic feet an
hour. T6sy vary 10 style from The plain Ia.
eN nT factory and other like business
uses 10 q highly ornamentOd chandelier
for library, hall or nATlOr. They are
equally adapted 10 the use Of artificial and
natural gas, With the latter producing az
good results az with the former, In
Wheeling, the city owning and operating
an extensive gas plant dees not permit the
Use Of natural gas ior illuminating pur.
poses but outside Of the city limits, In
the numerous towns on both aides Of The
river, there 10 Wide field for this excel.
lent lamp 70 odd 70 The valuO Of natural