The morning times., 1896-03-18

want to now hear from experts on tfas
question OF the test contained IN House
bill 6994. section B. That was put into
the bill by Maj Powell, believe.
SeuatOr FsuIsHeF-It is the same as
the old provision
Senator sicMIIaR-Was not this third
section OF his gas biu put in by the CON-
missioners3
TEST FOR GAsLIGHT.
Maj. Powell do not know. If you
VIII tell me what the test is l may be
able to state
Senator Faulkner-It is that the il
Eliminating power of the gas furnished by
any gaSIight company, person CT persons
IN the District OF Columbia shall he equal
TO twenty-five candies by the Bun sen
I photOmeter, using the English pariiamen-
taTy standard ArgaDd burner, having fif-
teen holes and a seven inch chimney, con
sHming five cubic feet of gas per hour
MTior Poweil-Whaj candle power was
that?
power.
Senator AcAiIlaR-I understand from the
gasight company that this test is one
they could not conform to; that il is a
physical impo Ssibility 90 comply with that
requirement., ard that the test is greater
than Is demanded by any other city in
{ he country. AS I understand il they have
experts here who desire to explain that.
Mr.. McI!heRny-Air. Chairman, we have
Iere Ar. Love, who is inspector OF gas
for the city OF New y CTk, and who IS not
Only the inspector in the city OF New
York, but is a gentleman who has a IA
tioaai reputation, ana man or scientific
att5inments, particularly upon gas gues-
lions and tie manufacture and test OF the
Illuminating power OF gas. ] take pleas
ure in int reducing Prof. Love
Senator AcAiIan-We win be glad to
hear Prof Love.
STATEMENT OF E G. LOVE.
Nj Chairman, I have been asked to
address you on one or two OF the technical
matters contained Ia this bill / would
Ike to say, as preliminary to a general
statement in regard TO this matter, that
I Illuminating gas contains two classes Of
constituents, which are important classes
One includes hydrogen, marsh gas and
earbonic exieie, forming the bgik of gas,
but giving no light, and the other class
inciadeS these substances, which furnish
| the luminous properties 70 the gas IL IS
the Introduction of these constituents into
The gas which forms a very important part
of the cost.
1T is generally conceded that, having put
IN these constituents at considerable ex-
pense, the company is entitled to the use
OF a burner which VIII show that gas to
the best advantage. It IS possible 20 burn
gas Of thirty candle power without get
ting any light whatever from it, or g
portion only OF that quantity of light may
be obtained. But, as / say, It is Ordi-
I uarily conceded that the company is en-
'tisd to use Il burner which viii develop
an Of the light which can be obtained
from the gas.
THE burner does not Increase the per
Centage of EIuminants IN the gas, bat it
merely develops more or less perfectly the
| constituents which have been pat into It.
This bill, as l understand It. calls for
gas which shall have q candle power Of
twent ty-two by the BUnseu photOmeteE
using the English parliamentary standard
Argaud burner, having fifteen bolcs an9
| u seTer-inch chimney.
THE ARGAND BURNER.
washington, believe, has the distinc-
tion of being the only city on the face OF
the earth that uses this burner described
in this bill
1T is provided that the company shall
furnish a gas giving 22-candie power by
/ this burner. It was abandoned as an
/ English parliamentary standard Argand
I burner twenty-five years ago. In London
/ today they use, for their low candle power
| gas, from IA TO 16 candles, which is a
/ good gas for London. an ArgaRd burner
/ Here is the official burner which they en-
| pioy, which is an entirely different strrc-
| ture, for their higher candle power gas
| in London, gas having a power OF
about 20.
They use a flat flame burner. There is
burner prescribed by act OF Parliament
| for testing the candle power OF gas In
| London, that is gas having a candle power
! of about 20. Here is a copy OF the in
structiOns sent me by the gas referees in
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