GAS FROM ARTESIAN WATER.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 21 September 1909, Page 2

GAS FROM ARTESIAN WATER.

? experiments'^ chbistl OH.URCH. B Some time ago Mr J. J. Collins, of c the firm of CallJns a.nd. Hainan, of ■ Cbrigtchureh, while inspecting some 5 alterations at thg Jubilee Home, j Woolston, turned on a radiator > tap J leading indirectly from the ortosian ' supply to J?t Wi R» neeumujation of } air. Having read' of lighting • gar 1 being obtained from artesian bores I be applied a match to the vent, aa<3 ' a tongue of yellow flame shot out anr continued until the water issued from j the tap. The same result fo-lowed B several repetitions fif the pspgriment, - and in addition, Mr Collins has flis- » covered tltat tfeo gaj in. the water- ' pipes at his own home is similarly 5 inflammable. He has arranged to J obtain a quantity of gas for testing r for Dr.. Evans, professor p.f chemistry a at Canterbury Cgjlpgo, I 3>r'. Obilt^n, professor o£ t>iology y ' on being questioned, said he had not > heard of inflammable gas emanating | from any artesian bores in Mew Zes ' 'and, but t]ie elj-S'imstance was b no means uncommon in otl-er par 1 . of the worltl. Several cities wcr ■,!3[litod from nuturftl supplies ob '. tamed in this way. The presencr of gas was due to decomposition of earths and minerals at deep levels. it is aseumod that tho presence of the gas in the waterplpes, as describi ed by Mr tiollins, is not often cviL dent locally on account of the arte- > sian Tyater being usually aerated ' before being led into pipes for do--1 mestic. oonsnmption, , I 1111118.1 I ■! | L !■■ W