Patent solar gas and gas apparatus, patented / by James Crutchett.

  • Crutchett, James.
Date:
1847
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Credit: Patent solar gas and gas apparatus, patented / by James Crutchett. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of expense in large establishments. Capt. Cromwell states, that the 42 burners, at this season of the year, cost him only 62i cents each night, or $18,3S per month, and that it is managed by one of his porters with very little difficulty. The services of the per- son making the gas are not taken into the amount in the above estimate. In comparing it with the cost of coal gas, Capt. Crom- well states, that the same quantity of gas which he had burnt during the last month—costing $19,3S—would have cost, if he had used coal gas, $57,52—giving a saving of $38,15 per month, or about 66 per cent. This apparatus has now been well tested. It has been used for lighting the Fulton Bagging Factor}', in Cin- cinnati, for two or three years, and in Mr. G. H. Shoenberger's dwelling house about the same time. The Melodeon in Cincin- nati, is also lighted with this gas. Steamboats Pike No. 7 and 8, the Magnolia, Bulletin, and Belle Creole, have this apparatus on board, and are lighted with it. We understand that the United States Hotel, at Wheeling, and several factories there andelse- where, are also lighted with this gas. We should not think it suited for the lighting of cities or for small concerns, but affords quite a saving for factories, hotels, and where considerable quanti- ties are used. The Gas Company have lately reduced the price of their gas fifty cents per thousand, which will materially lessen the amounts paid in the course of a year by those using large quanti- ties. From the Sunday News. SOLAR GAS. Mr. John Lockwood, of Columbia street, the proprietor of CrutcheiVs Solar Gas, for the West, has handed a statement of the result of introducing this new kind of light into the Broad- way Hotel, of this city. The statement signed by Mr. Crom- well, gives the following result:— The Gas Bill for the Broadway Hotel for the month of July, 1S46, for 42 burners, was $52 00 Cost of the Solar Gas for August, for 46 burners, $19 38 Balance, $33 62 Showino- a difference in favor of the latter of about 60 percent. The gas was manufactured from grease bought for the purpose, and the whole apparatus is simple, and easily kept in order. The expense of putting up the entire fixtures of the Broadway Hotel was about $500. For churches, public halls, &c, in towns and cities where cheap lights are required, this discovery is invaluable.