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eight ounces is not very great, as it is only one-fourth of a 
pound, or about one-sixtieth of one atmospheric pressure. It 
will be noted that should the contract call for eight-ounce 
measurement and the gas actually be measured at one pound 
above the atmosphere, then the reading should be multiplied 
by 1.032. If the reading is actually taken when the gas in the 
pipe has a pressure of ten pounds the reading should be multi- 
plied by 1.613. Should the gas have a pressure of fifteen 
pounds while passing through the meter the reading should be 
multiplied by 1.935 in order to get the correct reading of gas 
under an eight-ounce pressure. And, finally, at the lower 
right-hand corner of the table it is seen that should the gas in 
the pipe have a pressure of 109 pounds the reading of the pres- 
sure should be multiplied by 8 in order to bring it to the proper 
measurement. 
The above considerations may be surprising to some con- 
sumers of gas. At least it will show how much difference there 
is in the actual amount of fuel present in a thousand cubic feet 
of gas when measured under different conditions of pressure. 
A manufacturing company, according to the table, could afford 
to pay eight times as much per thousand if gas were measured 
to them under a pressure of 109 pounds in the pipe as it could 
were it measured to them at a pressure of eight ounces. This 
is particularly applicable to all considerations of fuel values of 
natural gas in comparison with coal, oil, wood, ete. It is neces- 
sary in all cases to specify the measurement at which gas is 
to be measured whenever any such calculations are being made. 
TABLE SHOWING VALUE OF NATURAL GAS PRODUCED IN KANSAS 
FROM 1889 TO 1907. 
Figures for 1889 to 1896, inclusive, are taken from the reports of the U. S. Geological Survey. 
YEAR. Value. YEAR. Value. 
ES OMe acres contre esen ter $15,873 Whe ogee eae eA Pa cs oh ono OR $188,840 
SO On ecdctecatisecnee ieee ree 12,000 A Roh Sei AONE ands cae oa 257,500 
13S) asec bie Reta en ha bate 5,500 DRO Ua ater a Ges cakoae nee 602,596 
ION PAR Ae ett Apes RRO ccna Fe 40,795 TOON asters cieiciouaten: > 768,506 
SOS he Me oeee eC eee 50.000 IPAS ae abodes como RB emcee 934,375. 
SOA mee ee ty At ah 86, 600 IW90 See ees: 1 JUS) 37/5) 
1 e405 0 ae poe RE Ot 112,400 USO) Ce naiin 4 oo a6 Ooo otic 2,891,685 
SOG Mien baci nin ee 124,750 M0 Yaetnothcrcho Oevu corr eneencRe 3,125,250 
SO Pepa eset ala creatine 155,500 MSO oe eee crenc. cin oan cea areca 3,775,350 
ISU pee SG 6 cro oC eae 4,250,000 
Tota leepecwene weet. .c $28,517,895 
