The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-28

By the use of a, little mechanical de-
vice of his own invention, DR.. Tillman
Is now able to utilize the natural gas
from the lake shore fields in his dental
work, something no other dentist in
the city, or in the country, as far as
known, has to date been able to do.
Since the Salt Lake & Ogden Gas &c
Electric Light company turned the
Lake Shore product into its entire sys-
tenn the dentists Of the city and all
others who require the use of the blow
pipe in their business and have been
depending upon the gas from the reg
ular mains as their source of heat
have, with the exception Of DR.. Till
man, been raising a. merry row on ac-
count of the inadaptability of the nat
ural gas for blow pipe work. There
have been threats of injunctionS
against the company to restrain it
from making use of the natural gas,
the dental people finding themselves
utterly at a loss for blow pipe heat.
The natural product will burn in the
pipe but when the bellows begin to
force in the air the gas will not stand
the blow and the flame is extinguished
at once. This difficulty has been over
come by Dr.. Tillman and he can make
use of the gas without difficulty, the
flame produced being equal to that
produced from artificial gas for all
ordinary dental work
This invention is the result of in
the neighborhood of a months careful
study and application on the part of the
doctor and he is not yet ready to make
public the details connected with his
important discovery. Inasmuch as
the secret of the application of the
natural gas to dental work has not to
date been discovered in the east, it is
not at all unlikely that DIR. Tillman
will patent his invention. Until he has
secured that protection given to in
ventors by the patent laws of the Uni
ted States he will not give a descrip-
ton of the contrivance which will I'M
doubtedly prove such an important
factor in the extension of the field cow
cred by natural gas as fuel and heat
producer.
During the past few days the doctor
has given a number of exhibitions of
his invention, among the gentlemen
who have been interested spectators
being Manager Hayward of the Salt
Lake & Ogden company The latter
gentleman is highly delighted with the
work of the little machine which has
removed no small anxiety from his
mind. as it provides a way out of the
dilemma with which the company was
overwhelmed. The dentists of this city
can now make full use of the natural
gas in their work rooms. DR.. Tillman's
invention is placed in the mouth of the
blow pipe and when the air is thrown
in after the lighting of the gas a
splendid flame is produced. With
it he easily melted gold and
alloy yesterday after
noon in the presence of Herald re-
porter. In response to questions the
doctor stated that with the natural gas
and his improved blowpipe he could
do any class of dental work that re-
quired the blowpipe at ell with as per-
feet ease as with the artificial gas. He
is now working on even an improve
ment to the invention and feels conf
dent that he will be successful in this
work also. The doctor proposes to
concentrate the heat to even a greater
degree than is now possible with his
pipe, by throwing the unconsumed car
bon directly into the flame.
Every dentist in the city is taking
great interest in this invention. as are
also those other users of the blow
pipe who make use of gas for heat.