Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-02-02
GAS COMPANY MAKING IMPOR-
TANT EXTENSIONS.
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comes In from below.

comes IN from below.
II comes through doors, windows
and walls to n much greater degree
than we realize. This rapid circula-
ton OF air brought about by the gas
flame is amply sufficient TO carry off
the products of combustion.
The warmer air is also cooled by
driving over the cooler walls and
while the upward current slightly
increses the temperature above, IL
actually tends To decrease the tenn
perature In the lower half of the
room below that which would prevail
If the air was still.
AS test, to settle n dispute as TO
the advantages OF gas from venti-
lation standpoint. the people inter-
ested selected building which could
be lighted through successive peri
DDS with different illuminants. one
after the other. They then com
pared the temperatures taken at the
ceiling. the breathing level, the floor
and out in front OF the street. To the
surprise of many. the air at the
breathing and floor levels was four
degrees cooler when gas was used.
This seems paradoXical, but this
test is but one of many that have
proved over and over agin that gas
light is "A material aid TO ventilation
and comfort wherever the balance
between the light and space is cor
rect.
Gas Light Destroys Disease Germs
and Animal Matter in the Air.
Germs and microbes can't stand
fire. The motion of the air In room
brought about by the gas burner.
sooner or later draws germs into
the flame and cremates them.
In the same manner the flame al
so destroys the minute particles of
animal matter that We throw off
from our skins and lungs.
This animal matter from skins
and lungs is the substance that fouls
and vitiates the air In crowded
rooms II causes the "stuffiness" of
ten ignorantly attributed 10 carbonic
acid gas Thus the air ia room
properly Lighted and ventilated with
gas is quite sure TO be sweet and
pure.
We have this on the authority of
experiments reported In text books
written by many OF the greatest au-
thorities in the world.
Gas Light Adds the Necessary Mois-
turc Ia the Air.
The Importance of keeping the air
of a living or sleeping room moist is
frequently pointed out by physicians
The amount OF yapor necessary. de-
ponds OF course on the temperature
OF the room.
Many people doctor themselves
with drugs for ailments which could
be promptly remedied by the add
ton OF moisture to the air in the
houses The combustion OF gas al
ways produces water yapor and as
this vapor Is taken up by the air In
the room b. Is unquestionably a
healthy factor of considerable i'm
portance
Gas Light i the Easics, of all Light
On the Eyes
II is soft. mellow and free from
glare and eye-strain tints. And eye
strain is. as you know, al the bottom
OF most OF the eye troubles that Keep
the occulists busy The most fire.
quent cause OF eve strain is the use
OF the wrong kind OF artificial light
for reading purposes
One OF our greatest authorities
has conducted tests which prove that
gas light is the only illuminant that
does not seriously lessen the sensi-
tiveness OF the eye.
Other tests have proven that gas
light does not interfere with the
power OF the muscles 10 move the
eye ball as do other illuminants
And again. what is known as the
retinal test" shows that the optic
nerve Is more susceptible when the
eye views things illuminated by gas
light than II Is when &, takes in the
same view illuminated by other