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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 11, 
LIGHTING FARM HOUSES. 
D. D., Washington Mills, N. Y.— Can your 
readers give me some idea of how to get a 
good, economical, pleasant light? The oil 
seems to get worse and worse. I have a 
hollow wire gasoline outfit, hut there are 
objections to that. I don’t know anything 
about acetylene gas, only that it gives a 
fine light. Any information on the lighting 
question would be appreciated. 
Ans. —Bulletin 103 of the Pennsyl¬ 
vania Station gives the results of ex¬ 
periments with various devices for light¬ 
ing country houses. The seven forms 
of lamps described below were used in 
these tests: 
1. A common kerosene lamp with fiat 
wick, 1 1-2 inches wide, circular chimney, 8 
1-2 inches high, various diameters, “pearl 
top,” 
My “PearlGlass’’ 
■ They remain so 
throughout long 
dull when you buy 
- them. They get 
R*g. U. 8. Pat. OS'. • . • * 1 
mistier in use and 
break at the first chance. 
Macbeth “Pearl Glass” lamp- 
chimneys are tough. They are 
made to last. 
My name is on every one. I make a lamp- 
chimney f&r every burner and my Index tells 
which one to get. Send for it. 
Macbeth 
Macbeth-Evans Glass Co. Pittsburgh 
Chicago: Philadelphia-. 
178 East Lake Street 42 South Eighth Street 
New York: 19 West 30th Street 
MARK 
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kerosene lamp, Rochester, with 
Argand burner, 1 1-2 inches diameter wick, 
chimney nine inches high. 
3. A kerosene lamp, Saxonia, with 
Argand burner, 7-8 inch diameter wick, 
and mantle, Cylindrical chimney 1% 
inches diameter and 12 inches high. 
4. A gasoline lamp. Best, underneath 
generator pattern, with a fuel head 
(average) about 10 Inches above the aper¬ 
ture of burner, mantle lour ifiches high, 
with 3 3-4 inches exposed to flame, cylin¬ 
drical chimney 1 7-8 inches diameter and 
eight niches high. 
5. An acetylene lamp, Beck-Iden, car¬ 
bide to water feed, 1-2 foot Schwarz burner. 
6. An alcohol lamp, Pyro, Argand 
burner, tliree-lnch mantle, with 2 3-4 inches 
exposed to flame and supported on a me¬ 
tallic center-post, cylindrical chimney 1 7-8 
inches diameter and nine inches high. 
7. A kerosene lamp, Canchester, with 
Argand burner, 7-8 inch diameter wick 
surmounted by a carbon cylinder and 
mantle, cylindrical chimney 13 1-2 inches 
high. 
In calculating cost per candle power 
hour the following prices were used: 
Kerosene, 11 cents per gallon; gasoline, 
15 cents; alcohol, 75 cents; calcium car- 
hide 5.9 cents per pound. On this 
basis the Canchester kerosene burner 
(No. 7 in above list) cost the least for 
quantity of light given, .0034 cent per 
candle power hour. Kerosene Argand 
(No. 3) and gasoline (No. 4) were next 
in cost, .008 cent; and the others in or¬ 
der of expense for burning material 
were: No. 1, .017 cent; No. 2, .023; No. 
5, .043, and No. 6, .086 cent. In quality 
the acetylene (lame had less red rays 
than the others and proved to be much 
nearer daylight, the light to which the 
human eye has been adapted for cen¬ 
turies, and by which it works easiest 
and longest with least injury. The 
lamps using a mantle were next nearest 
daylight, and those burning kerosene 
were poorest according to this standard. 
Two objectionable features of artificial' 
light are production of heat and rob¬ 
bing the air of oxygen, leaving an excess 
of carbon dioxide. In these respects 
the Canchester kerosene burner (No. 7) 
stoo*l best, the acetylene next, and the 
common kerosene burner worst. 
The conclusions from these experi¬ 
ments seem to he that acetylene when 
properly installed and handled makes 
an excellent light for the country home. 
Where the owner cannot go to the ex¬ 
pense of an acetylene outfit, the Can¬ 
chester kerosene burner with mantle 
may well be adopted. This is far su¬ 
perior to the common kerosene lamp 
without mantle both in cheapness of 
operation and quality of light. 
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