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The Florists' Review 



May 14, 1014. 



rpLORISTS' FUEL DIRECTORY J 



Greenhouse Heating. 



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CHEAP OAS FROM WATER. 



Can We Get It at 2 Cents per M? 



A recent issue of a Kansas news- 

 paper, the Topeka Capital, contained the 

 startling announcement that Fred Gow- 

 en, a florist of Marion, Kan., had dis- 

 covered a new and simple process for 

 decomposing water, thus producing hy- 

 drogen, the purest of fuels, and that the 

 gas, when thus "manufactured" from 

 water by the apparatus which Mr. 

 Gowen had invented, would cost less than 

 2 cents per thousand cubic feet! The 

 newspaper article gives the announce- 

 ment to the world in the most common- 

 place, matter-of-fact way, as if the 

 writer were not aware that the new 

 process, if really carried into effect as 

 described, would apparently solve the 

 fuel problem for all time and revolu- 

 tionize many forms of industry. The 

 article reads as follows: 



"Fred Gowen, a Marion young man, 

 has just announced the invention of a 

 process for the fuel problem. By means 

 of a special motor and generator, Mr. 

 Gowen is able to produce pure hydrogen 

 gas from a decomposition of water at 

 the extremely low cost of 2 cents per 

 thousand cubic feet. The use of this 

 discovery will be restricted to the spe- 

 cial motor, owing to the fact that the 

 present type of motor is unsuited for 

 burning pure hydrogen gas. The gen- 

 erator can be readily attached to an 

 engine, furnace or lighting system. > 



"It is understood that Mr. Gowen has 

 disposed of his invention and all the 

 apparatus necessary for the production 

 of the gas to an eastern manufacturer 

 for a cash consideration of $125,000 and 

 a yearly royalty of something like $25,- 

 000. The Gowen line <>f generators and 

 motors will be placed on the market 

 within a short time and will be availa- 

 ble for use on automobiles, launches, 

 stationary and marine engines and heat- 

 ing and lighting plants. 



"Mr. Gowen is a Marion county prod- 

 uct. He was born at Peabody and until 

 last August was engaged in the florists ' 

 business at that place. He has con- 

 ducted a similar business here since that 

 time. ' ' 



As the Inventor Tells It. 



When questioned as to the accuracy 

 of the foregoing article, Mr. Gowen re- 

 plied that it was substantially correct, 

 with the exception of the statement that 

 his invention had been sold. "The 

 process has not been sold," he said; 

 "neither have the rights in any of the 

 apparatus. Several offers to purchase 

 have been made, but so far no deal has 



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been consummated, though it is likely 

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 Boon. 



"The possibility of decomposing 

 water," he continued, "and thus ob- 

 taining the two gaseS; hydrogen and 



oxygen, has been known to scientists 

 for many years, but the processes for- 

 merly used for producing these gases 

 were extremely expensive and could 

 only be carried on by one well versed 

 in physics. I have been conducting my 



