May 14, 1914, 



The Florists' Review 



113 



rpLORISTS 



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' FUEL DIRECTORY { 



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2,000,000 TONS ANNUAL CAPACITY ^ 



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The high standard of Houston Quality, Houston Preparation and Houston 

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HOUSTON COAL COMPANY 



POCAHOJiTi/fS 



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Wastarn Offffica 

 Old Calony Bids-, Chlcaco 



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NaHhcrn Of flea 

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A. B. Lincoln, Northern Mer. 



Sautham Offlea 

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researches and experiments for about 

 twelve years and have succeeded in 

 formulating a process which solves the 

 great problem in a way that leaves lit- 

 tle to bo desired, and ma_kes the pro- 

 duction of these gases from the decom- 

 position of water a commercial possi- 

 bility. 



"The only gas of real fuel value is 

 hydrogen. Coal gas, natural or manu- 

 factured, wood, oil and alcohol are all 

 fuels because of the hydrogen gas they 

 contain. Hydrogen gas, then, must be 

 considered the prime factor of fuel 

 value and its production as beinji; of 

 greatest importance from an economical 

 point of view. 



"The decomposition of water for the 

 purpose of producing hydrogen gas, by 

 my process, is extremely simple, per- 

 fectly reliable, and economical to the 

 utmost degree, costing less than 2 cents 

 per thousand cubic feet of hydrogen gas 

 released. The generator which is used 

 for this process is applicable to every 

 purpose in which a fuel is required, and 

 can easily be used for the heating of 

 boilers and furnaces, for the operation 

 of engines and for illumination. The 

 hydrogen is generated only as required, 

 thus insuring perfect safety from fire 

 or explosions at all times, and any mis- 

 hap to the motor or whatever is using 

 the fuel, or to the generator, would sim- 

 ply result in a failure of the generator 

 to decompose the water. 



"In regard to the heating of green- 

 houses, which is the vital problem with 

 florists, I will say that this process is 

 readily adaptable to all such require- 

 ments; but I am Working on a system 

 which will eliminate the use of boilers 

 or furnaces and which will utilize every 

 heat unit in the hydrogen gas for heat- 

 ing purposes. 



"Water decomposed by this process 

 yields HjO,, and when this is fed to the 

 combustion chamber of a boiler or heat- 

 ing apparatus of any kind, or to a 

 motor, chemical combination takes place 

 and on combustion results in water 

 vapor, which, when condensed, yields 

 water. Thus the water may be used re- 

 peatedly, the generator decomposing and 

 the water forming again as combustion 

 takes place. This process is similar to 

 the action of steam heating systems, 

 where the steam, after leaving the 

 boiler, is condensed in the heating coils 

 and returns to the boiler in the form of 

 water. 



"It is the carbon, sulphur and other 



elements contaiiied in the various fuels 

 that make a chimney necessary to carry 

 off the by-products which cause so much 

 loss in heat units. Hence the use of 

 pure hydrogen gas as a fuel, and of 

 pure oxygen gas as a supporter of com- 

 bustion, makes the use of a chimney 

 superfluous, as there are no by-products 

 of combustion. ' ' 



THE SITUATION IN COAL. 



In the reports of the condition of the 

 coal trade the salient points are about 

 the same as they have been for some 



weeks. On the one hand is the dullness 

 of the coal market, because of the gen- 

 eral depression in business and the large 

 quantities of coal still remaining in 

 storage. On the other hand is the re- 

 striction of the output at the mines, due 

 partly to the feebleness of the demand 

 and partly to the continued trouble be- 

 tween the miners and the mine owners. 

 The following summary of the situation 

 is quoted from the Black Diamond: 



' ' Railroads and other steam users 

 having limited consumption of coal are 

 finding that their storage piles will run 



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