Camden gazette. (Camden, S.C.) 1816-1818, August 15, 1816, Image 4
ON GAS LIUU TS .
apfttttatian of coat ea*
to the fturfkom of iUumination. By W il
L1AM TlQMAS BlAWPK, A-i??Jf L.
and E. Prof . Chan. H. /. fcfc.
[From the Journal of Scienct and Am.]
The employment of the gaSses
evolved during the destructive^is
t illation of common coal foe the
illuminaiion^of -streets and houses, j
is a subject of such intrinsic and
increasing importance,, as to render
stmVe account of jits progress and
improvement, ^aTpfoper subject ofj
discussion in this Journal.
a permanently
clastic and infl
We ? tenfurpr
fluid, seems first to nave oeen ex
by the Rev,
^account
nouvcry lar published inilie :
Philbsophical Transactions tor the
year 1739. The following is an
, extract from his gaper :-' *-'? v'' ? >
r
" T^ some coal, and distilled1
? in a retort in an ?pent fire. At
? there came over only phlegm,
afterwardsablsck ?/,?nd thenlike
? 1 " irit arose, which I could
? grasses
it had forces! my lute, com
lose therto, in order to try to
r it, I observed that the spirit
andcontjinued'j
i alternately, for
thenhad a tnind to
could not
K
of aifj .to the pipe of
'"^ottandp|F^
?r&r
bUj in
?***. f^Wd, ?<ttund to
* or friends, I have
orte of these blad
ft
r jdo one coula discern anj/iltJTCrtrtcc
1. in th<f^if?p??rence b*we?ftf thele
1 ) laddfcrs, and Ihose whieh Art filled
with tpmmon air.
" Wut then 1 found th^t this spi
rit mutt Wkept in good thick blad
ders, those of an ft* or the
like } for if 1 filled calves bladders
therewith, it would lose its flam ina
bility in. twenty ?fbur hours, though
(he bladders became not nlaied A
fl#iii v "j >JsRv ,
i^s? , ^
But the application of the gas
thus geflf rated' to the 'purposes of
economical illumirtation, is Of much
more .recent date, and thejnerit of
introducing it is principally due to
Tvfj. Murdock* whose observations'
upoft the subject are published kl
the Philosophical Transactions for ?
1808. He first tried it in Corn- |
wall, in the year 1792 ; and aftera
wards in 179! tstabitshcd an appall
'^onotrtv ci
ratus updn a more extended scale
at Boulton and Watts* foundry, at
Birmingham ; and it waa 4 therejthat
the first pubficdupla^ bT^ai ligl
was made in i$02, upon the Occa
sion of the rejoicings for peace.
These, however^ wtrc butimpcr- ]
feet trials, whenxompartd wicH^hat
made in 1805, at Messrs, Philip
and Lee's cotton mills ac Manches-.j
?fr ;"and upon^he fesutessf whSffi^
all subsequent procedures, with re
gard to gas lighting, may be said
I to beJbunded. The whole cotton
1 mill, with many adjacent buildings,
were ulumuiatca with coal gas to
the exclusion of lamps, candles,
and other sources of artificial light.
Nearly a thousand burners of dif
ferent froms were employed; and
' the light produced Was estimated
cqudtt thatof ajoowell managed
candles bt syt to the pound. j
The., most important ai)d curious
part of Mr. Mutdock's statement
wlfttes mthe cost of the two modes
of lighting (namely, by gas *if9
candles,) per annum. The cost of
c?| used^o furnish - the gas, a
I mounting generally to no tons,
was 1251. Forty tons of coat to
iheat the retort, ^ )ol. and the interest
' ? ' SBfi 4F* ? ? J /ar-> i
^ T"'|t W Wff
for accidents and rcpaitt,
'"FriMpn the joint amount ot thete
Ucms,nHW be deducted the Value
^ t coke, at is. 4d. per
cwt. amounting to 931. which ftK
A?.es the? total annual expense to
Si of w
the. same light, would amount td
30Q Mpr
such was
fatoZ* ^ i!
fotmed by Mr. Murdock, that the
ipftoess fife clearness lot
vor With the work people; and it
bet^Lfree from7 the inconvenience
of sparks, and the frequent neces
sity of snuffing, are circumstances
of material importance, as tendiaa
nonijurej co ;
.^icncotioi* mills are so i&uche*-<
posed.
rr: , WW: ?
y
Nkthani*
^^^DOrChemtt
i annuel Baker M. D
Ipksun Gibon,
tfcfe?,C<rffcge|pfi^
scribe that pupils thattj faavt attend
ed two courts of Lectures, before
they can be receivegas candidates, 1
for the degree of Midlcin* Doctor W
but it it Hot required that -Hilt tit
these courses should JUve been hi
this School; nor that tach course
? should have embraced . all she Pro
fessors. jjuajrail other similar in
stitutions, the candidates are requir
ed to write 4hd de^fnd a thesis j
which may be printed or not* at ,
-tlyir own direction. The graduates ]
Kijr twenty dollars for a Diploma,
o fixed period is assigned for ths
'commencement, Which, however^ is i
generally held early in Ap ttheP
? y
? Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb.
Doctor Mitchell, qfNew-York,
has received* letter fitm M. Gard,
fr of titer of the Royal School of
'Deaf and Dumb* at Bordeaux , in
whioh he Jpurpvses t? come to the
United States, with the view of es
tablishing a siri^ar institution here,
tT if the American government, or
benevolent individuals are disposed
to favour'*' so desiriLble an object.
M. Gard is himself deaf and Dumb,
and is therefore an eminent exam
ple4 of the benefits torbc dei iyed to
society, from siich an establish
ment* : He haatocen for eight* years
* 9%w^*rinrtke school at which lie
was ed&caftd ; we can have no dif
ficulty, then, in IxlieviDg that he
must have " acquired, by long ap
plication, a perfect knowjedgc o
? ? T" ? ' O
the most approved method of
structing this unfortunate portion of
society. " HUotter to come to.
this country seems to have been in- ]
duced by the purest and most be
ne vofcpnt principles of humanity r |
*v*3tty ;h?p?ihat|
ample means may be provided,
either by public munificence, or
private conti ibution, to ensure to
ottfc country the advantages ot his
?> v ? ? ? ? ?
j_*f
extraordinary acquirements.
Declaration of, Independence.
John Btnns, of Philadelphia, is
preparing to publish a " spkndid
edition" of this interesting publick
document $ in the design and exe
1 ciirion of which he has engaged the
I services of the first artist? jn Atne
ricat^lhe%hble.?iH^ btonp-avti^
and pncjfcd onp paper manufactured
forswiv purpose, by > Mr.. Amies, ;
3 feet by a; in siae. ? V Th t duign,
which is from the pencil of Mr. i
\Bridport, will be executed in imi
? ration o?Bas RitM^nd wifl en-1
cirde the declaration# a cordon of
I tfVc afms
large medallion portrait of General
Gkorge Washington, supported b]
Cornu Copite, and embellished wUl_
an* ot^er
fbiii toUmblahs. On one side of'
this medallion portrait, wiU be a
similar portrait of John H/tneock,
Congr?, Jul, 4th,
?pnfe otherik^oftrait^f:
JH| >??Suth<^PB^^
claj$|on of Indepcnder.cc."
i/i-jPrBim-'the liberal ^dj^'nsive,!
arrangements of the publisher, ,'jimji.'
wljich may boljxhibigd asa.p^Sud j
r specimen^^of i?c**t ffcnius tmdja]
I lading monumant of the virtue, ,
I wisdom, energy
our fathers;
it 1 1? "irVjn
m
BODY of fo?>4 High LAND
imp tod Cfan* Creeks ; the Plaits
,-trm in po??es*ion of J?roc*WfBUIr, W?x?J
orn gtw i InlMiWtiofpMttt tke|fp|
wWtinjf to purchtM, ?ad will
? pftfpottals
0-4&'
JFwtr ??> tat*.
??SSs^*
V. +<
i7W
?feh for c?ih m
duce.
npHE CJommistioners ofthe rotdi
A for Kershaw District, inform *!1 per
retailing Spirituous Liquors, without
es, that unlets they immediately
with the laws concerning them they
will be pruteeded against.
l-v, . .y By order of the Board*4
i J. W. LANG.
July 1, 1816. 1+U9*
BLANK: BONDS for Side at this Office.
-it
? fieri JJ' Sale.
q/1" im r.ici iii/un i
y fi t ri
honorable court */ equity, to me directed,
xtnil be *o id before the court hot: arr in Cam
den, on the first Monday aend Tuesday in
September next , t oilFfin the legal hours of
Sri r,
. 200 Acres .of land, more or
lesa, situate in the district of Lancaster* on
the Wftnh jw creeks adjoining lands belong
ing to Moses White, Mrs. Dun lap, and
James M assay, levied on as the properly of
Martha While, adm'x. of Joseph White,
deceased, at the suit of Mary and Isabella
White.? Conditions, cash in specie j pur
chasers to pay for sheriffs titles*- -
vv TRANC1S S. L.EE, Sheriff, K. D.
Camden, Aug. 5. 1816.
[ UT virtue of an order pf tbtbonor
able court of camtHfm /ilea*, w U be told
[ on theJbrH Monday and 7 uesday in Sefitem
ber nejtit before Me court house in Camden>
: 340 acres Jam! , more or less,
i situate on the main road to Salisbury, 8
miles from Camde n
31 1 acres land^more or less,
r tituate lying and being on Ganny's Quar*
ter creek, sold tothe property of' William
and Samuel Parfcer deceased, to effect a
division amorrg^the heirs*? Conditions, six
months credit will b?*giveiv Ibr One half
purchase money, and is months for
I the other half; purchasers, giving approv
1 ed security and a mortgage of the proper*
ty, and paying for sheriff titles.
PftAKClS S. LEE, SheriHyK. D.
Camden, Aug. 7, 1816.
STAVE OF S^TH-CAROLINA^
Buckn k. it Floyd, } Decoration
V*. -ft in
Gaowo Flotd. J Attachment.
HEREAS the Plaintiff unhis
Tr ^.r . action did: on the 30th March
181S, file his declaration in the office of the
tjf this Honorable Court, against the
Midantf who is absent from and without
thejjiMtsof this <g%He, and hath neither
wiFe nor attorney known within the same,
upon whom * copy of the eaid declaration,
* rult to plead thereto within a year
and K day might be served ; It is therefore
1 ordered, k? pursuance of the Act of the
Oenetmi Assembly hi that case made and
nmirMMl j* J?* * ? - 1
U: , J
provided that die Mid defendant do
pear and plead to the said declaration, on
aL - I /\ . 1 *.4 ? * ^ m. ?
1*1,7, otherwise
be given
t or before the 19 th
final and absolute j_.
and awarded agMsiftt ? r
Jno. Ki'Mlyer, Clerk.
Office of Ctwnmon Pleas, Darling-?
ton District, March H. t#i6. Sj.s.d.t
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BKlAL UVLLARD,
_ feas.
1528^- ' v
Ca*e in attachment.
AtiiUafcia S#iAks,
?R|IH..,4n-thi*<ac
HESfrt did OA the ?3th day or No- 1
vembcr, In the yfear of our l^ord one thou
****& eMtQUSBtSS
fondant, who is ab
it the limits of this
neither wife nor attorney
.f a >-4.'' T?->V J.
? olw,e, .no own neitner wite nor attorney
known witKW the *?me, upon whom a
copy of the ssid .fcd.rat.on, with a rule
t fo plead thereto, wnhin a year and a day,
:reto, Whin a rttirand s day*
served.
ordered in pursuance of
^^^^HP|nibly in that
I r that the Defen
ded to the said de
tt Sixteenth day
the year of our
hundred and se
IBBjEina absolute
9Hbf end awarded
rFftcl
?
ond/c. c. it d.
1816a
Wtt ? MlfS, 4
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