Hints on the economical use of gas : addressed to the gas consumers of Louisville / by Robert G. Courtenay.
- Courtenay, Robert G.
- Date:
- 1858
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Hints on the economical use of gas : addressed to the gas consumers of Louisville / by Robert G. Courtenay. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
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![EXPERIMENTS on tU Illuminating power of Louisville Gas, with different Burn- ers and Pressure, compared with Sperm Candles consuming 120 grains per hour. Results shown by Bunson's Photometer. Experiment No. 1.—Fishtail. Pressure Consumption in feet of gas per hour. 1 tool, of gas per hour equal candles. (Quantity of light ia candles 0.3 2. 1.251 2.502 0.3 2.6 2.357 Experiment No. 2.—Fishtail. Pressure 1 -iTiaumption in feet of gas per hour.. 1 foot of gas per hour equal candles.. Quantity of light in candles | 6. 129 Experiment No. 3.—Fishtail. Pressure '< asumption in feet of gas per hour. . 1 foot of gas per hour equal candles.. Quantity of light in candles Experiment No. 4.—Fishtail. Pressure Consumption in feet of gas per hour. 1 foot of gas per hour equal candles. Quantity of light in candles 0.3 3. 2.639 7.919 0.3 2.3 2.850 6.565 0.4 3.5 3.172 0.3 2.3 3. 6.9 0.3 2.5 3.01] Experiment No. 5—Fishtail. Pressure ription in feet of gas per hour 1 foot of gas per hour equal candles Quantity of light in candles 11. 102 Experiment No. 6.—Fishtail. Pressure Consumption in feet of gas per hour 1 foot of gas per hour equal candles Quantity of light in candles Experiment No. 7.—Fishtail. Pressure Consumption in feet of gas per hour. 1 loot of gas per hour equal candles. itity of light in candles | 7.529 Experiment No. 8.—Fishtail. Pressure j 0.3 - .aiption in feet of gas per hour I 2.7 ] foot of gas per hour equal candles 3.3 itity of light in candles 8.976 Experiment No. 9.—Fishtail. Pressure 0.3 1 Vmsurcption in feet of gas per hour 4.2 1 foot of gas per hour equal candles 3.785 Quantity of light in candles 15.899 Experiment No. 10.—Fishtail. Pressure 0.4 Consumption in feet of gas per hour 4.5 1 foot of gas per hour equal candles 3.576 Quantity of light in candles 16.094 0.4 2.2 1.555 3.423 0.5 3. 2.388 7.136 0.4 3.3 2.634 8.692 0.6 3.1 2.920 9.053 0.5 2.3 1.705 3.922 0.6 3.3 2.258 7.454 0.6 2.35 1.662 3. 906 1. 4.4 1. 3.3 1.262 4.165 1.5 5.5 1.836 1.65& 8.081 9.122 0.6 4.5 3.286 14.788 0.5 2.8 3.0U5 0.5 0.6 3.5 I 4.3 2.816 2.367 9.855 10.185 1. 4.4 2.289 9.294 0.9 5.5 2.999 16.494 0.6 3.5 3.104 0.9 5.5 2.310 12.706 I. 5.8 2.757 15.899 1. 4.2 2.733 8.419 10.864111.480 O.i 3. 3.250 9.750 Experiment No. 11 —Fishtail. Pressure Consumption in feet of gas per hour. 1 foot of gas per hour equal candles. Quantity of light in candles 0.3 4.5 4.103 18.462 0.5 3.5 3.43 12.005 0.5 5.2 3.786 19.688 0.6 5.8 3.931 22.801 0.4 5.2 4.566 23.745 0.8 4. 3.176 12.706 0.6 3.9 3.554 13.861 0.6 5.6 3.609 20.210 0.7 6.1 3.636 22.181 0.5 blew. 1. 4.5 3.134 14.104 0.8 4.6 3.253 14.967 0.7 blew. I. ble v. 1. 5.3 3.074 16.292](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21111509_0010.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
