GAS 
cock 4; M is the pipe which conveys the gas away from 
the end: of the purifier, and leads it to the bottom of 
_Mr. ooke As 
of any gas, but at the fame- time to allow any tar, &c. to 
drain down the pipe and depofit. itfelf in the water. By 
this means a a whi ch will ee reft in thefe 
oke recommends 
the gas is aes red to be particu- 
larly free from {mell, that it Gould be pafled through a fecond 
Lae er containing lime water, which will render it perfeGly 
ae any of thefe apparatufes, it is effential that the water 
ufed for wafhing and purifying the gas fhould be changed 
for frefh as foon as it becomes dirty ; ‘and unlefs this is done 
the gas will not be perfe@tly purified by wafhing, but retain 
an unpleafant fmell after it. tar which depotits itfelf at 
the bottom of the veffel, in t r thic 
oil, is nae drawn off by the oe i that purpofe this fub- 
s found very ufeful, and in many points forms a fub- 
ftitute is a cerebe tar. By boiling it, the volatile parts 
are evaporated, and it becomes pitch. If the sella aosleanes is 
performed in a retort, the matter which c 6 over isa 
{pirit, which, according to Mr. Cooke, may oo ufed inftead 
of that kind of turpentine, kown ae the term tar fpirit, 
= an 
inthe retort is pitc 
a fubftance which 1 is leer ee ieatles E for the various arts 
in as it is employed. 
It is proper that we fhould here notice Mr. Winfor’s 
coak, and many other produds, 
from pit-coal: but as this  procef has not been wholly made 
public, our notice mutt b ort. A company ; 
blifhed for the iventon. 
and has applied to parliament for powers to aa as a corporate 
body. Thofe who form this s body, propofe to erect ae ale - 
tufes, inconvenient fituations, and convey the gas y pipesalong 
the ftreets of a town, for the purpofe of lighting nee as we 
op pees 
Sas een bolas 
devices “for untae &e. b was confumed. 
Among thefe he propofed es exible ‘be hie acs from 
a d 
the ceiling of the room, at én ating Ww 
aburner, w hich was defigned ‘vith in afte, pane a a 
h in one had, and grafping the tube, in the 
fended by hooks in any convenient part of the room. 
where light was required, and might be carried into any 
cl Lae 
€l OF other 
He fhewed alfo. by le aie that the. flam 
not liable to be ie ee a wind or rain 
duced ‘no fmoke, and w t fo 
lamps er candles, as it ere not produce fparks, 
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dangerous do - light of 
GAS. 
A pamphlet has been recently publifhed by Mr. Van 
Voorft, ftating the evidence taken before the committee of 
the houfe of commons he. gore upon the bill, for the ine 
corporation of the 
he pecuniary profits ; but this we forbear to detail, as being 
entirely dependent upon the local fituation and value o _the 
ae oe oie their cee withou 
a charter of in pee 
Mr. Murdoch a a communication in 1808 to ae Royal 
Society on the fubject of gas light, and was complimented 
with count Rumford’s medal for the far e the 
refults of the procefs as conducted in the cotton mills of 
Mefirs. Phillips. and Lee, anchefler, who have a very’ 
large apparatus conftructed by Mr. M. at the Soho works. 
The gas lights are eles to 2 = mould candles of fix in the 
pound, each £75 grains of tallow pér hour. 
The number ine rg are 271 At gands, and 633 cock{purs, 
fo called from having three jets diverging from each other. 
Thefe require an a fu upply « - ‘- 50 cubic feet of gas to 
sae which requires feve of cannel coal in the 
retort, and about one third ne ce eae of good common 
coal to heat the retort. The cannel coal in the retort produces 
nearly 45 cwt. of good coak, and 4; ale gallons oftar. The 
ammoniacal liquor was not regarded, as it has not yet been 
applied to any manufacture, fo as to be demanded in large 
ame 3 though a paper by Mr. Wm. Cox will be found 
r. Van Voorit’s pamphlet, iene the Partai of 
ae ammonia as applied for manure, ~*~ fome other experi- 
ments on its ufe in dyeing. See Fran 
GASBORN, in Geograph by, a town a Sw een, in. the 
province of Warmeland ; 43 miles N. of Carlita 
GASCOIGN, or Bezoardic Powder, in Wie 4 is 
formed of the ecu powder of crab’s claws one pound,’ 
of oriental bezoar prepared one ounce: this powder is made 
up into balls, called Gafcoign balls, from the name of their 
inventor. This is omitted in the modern Pharmacopccias, as 
aving no advantage over the prepared oyiter-fhells. 
GASCOIGNE, Sir Meets, in Biography, who fou. 
rifhed in the reign of Henry I 
ancient 
near 
profeffion, that : was made one of the king’s oe. 
From this period he was diftinguifhed am oe cae legal 
pies Se and fidelity, in the tranfaGtion intri- 
cate and important affairs, as well relating is his o own rights 
zl ngu mm 
y editor, as worthy of sales 
tion, and may give good lights in our “old law cafes. Itap 
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