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Virginia Free Press & Farmers' Repository
Charles Town, Jefferson County, West Virginia
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New York Morning Herald reports on a French invention: a compact machine producing superior, odorless gas from resinous and oily substances for illuminating private dwellings, factories, or public buildings. Approved by Paris Academy and police for safety and cleanliness; available for $100-$200 from Lepine in Paris.
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From the N. Y. Morning Herald.
Every man his own Gas Maker.
Among the many important discoveries in the useful arts in France, a small machine, not occupying a space of more than two feet, may be mentioned, which produces sufficient gas of the finest kind to illuminate every part of a private dwelling. Twice this size suffices for the largest manufactory or public edifice. We are unacquainted with the details of its construction except through an advertisement in one of the French papers received at our office. We gather from this that the gas is produced from a cheap mixture of resinous and oily substances, and is superior to that produced from the best oil. It has no smell, and does not in the least degree affect gildings, furniture, paintings, or metallic substances. There is no gasometer whatever attached to the apparatus, and the moment the light is extinguished, the gas ceases to be formed, thus affording the most perfect security. The price of the largest apparatus is $100, and of the smallest rather less than $200. The committee of the Academy upon chemical substances have made favorable report upon this apparatus, and the prefect of the Police of Paris appears to be so well satisfied with its cleanliness and safety, that he has permitted it to be used without subjecting it to the formalities required in cases where unhealthy, dangerous, or unpleasant establishments are about to be erected. Orders are received by Lepine, No. 30 Rue du Colombier, Paris, who forwards the apparatus complete, with lithographic views of every detached portion, and instructions for putting them together. We hope that some of our enterprising citizens may be induced to procure one of these machines and give it a fair trial. The subject of gas is becoming daily of greater importance to the community, and we regret the course pursued by some of our contemporaries, who thinking perhaps that as from its very nature it may be ranked among
'Trifles light as air,'
It should be treated with appropriate levity. It has indeed been suggested that our witty Mayor has set the example; for he has been heard to hint that the war between the two rival gas companies of our city, which has been waged with so much bitterness, is after all only for the purpose of giving to one of these
'Airy nothings,
A local habitation and a name.'
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Paris, France
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favorable report by the academy committee; permitted use by paris police without formalities; price $100 for largest, less than $200 for smallest.
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A small French machine, occupying no more than two feet, produces fine gas from cheap resinous and oily substances to light private dwellings; double size for large factories or edifices. Gas superior to oil-based, odorless, non-damaging to furnishings, no gasometer needed, production stops when light extinguished for safety. Details from French paper advertisement; orders via Lepine in Paris with instructions.