ELECTRIC GAS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11444, 25 January 1918, Page 7

ELECTRIC GAS.

AN UNTOLD CONVENIENCE “Crescent” air gas may he described as a complete town gas supply in miniature, with all the uses and advantages of coal gas, but infinitely safer, cleaner and less costly to run. ■> It constitutes a self-con-tained equipment for country homesteads, churches, hotels, hospitals or entire townships. In the I ‘Orescent” installation at Birregnrra, Victoria, i 4}(! miles or piping is employed, and I the servicco is giving the utmost j satisfaction. Besides illumination in its various forms, tho gas answers admirably for gas fires, stoves, boaters, irons, vulcauizers, sterilizers and brazing apparatus. Complete combustion being assured by the largo proportion of air i!)7 per cent.), there are no fumes given off. WhII switches may he fitted, giving the same convenience as electricity; press the button! Thus the term “electric gas.” Tho gas goner i tor combines tho principles of a motor car and a grandfather clock. The instant a burner (or burners) he turned on in the house, tho machine of its own accord generates the. necessary supply of gas. Similurlj’ tho machine automatically ceases to produce gas the moment all burners are turned off. The system requires very little attention.' Fill tho holder with benzoline, wind up tho weight, and the machine floes tho rest. f>o heat is required to generate the gas, and not one drop of liquid petrol enters tho house. The most important part of any air gas, is its means of vaporising tho benzoline. The old idea was to drip the spirit upon gauze or wicks, and trust to the inafco of air to do the rest. In warm weather, this method though somewhat crude, gave fairl} 7 good results, I but when it came to cold snaps or sea j air, the waste benzoline that clogged the workings and had frequently to ho removed, was a constant source of annoyance. Only by means of continual adjusting and regulating could anything like good results he obtained' In the “Crescent, ” a proper mechanical carburetter is provided to cope with this contingency and so well does it act that every drop of spirit is vaporised no mattter how cold tiie weather; there is never any waste petrol or dirty water to remove, also ho adjusting beyond what was done at tho factory.’ Further particulars with pleasure from BOWIOK and PEACOCK, Hunterville; CANNING and <tILBERD, Napier; A. G McGREGOK, Mangawe!#! ; or E. CAWTHRAY, Raetihi.