A NEW LIGHT

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1717, 23 November 1887, Page 3

A NEW LIGHT

A now light, produced by the oonoump tlon of a moat intimate mixture of air and minutely divided oil particle*, waa recently shown at the Crystal Palace, Luoigen, as the new illaminant is called, is the lvention of Mr Hannay, of GUsgow, end Is already extensively used m large engineering works and for lighting large open spaces, for whioh it is eopeolally adapted, All that is required for the Luoigen light Is a barrel of orude oil, and a compressed air engine, whioh transforms the oil partlolea into spray, and, as the disintegration of the two elements ia secured, a continuous bright flame Is the result. Three lamps ou the terrace m front of the Crystal Palace lit up the whole grounds, and the oil oonsnmed did not oost more than twopence per hour. Suoh is the immense volume and diffuse power of the flams that small print can be read a quarter of a mile away from one lamp Two of the lamps having been extinguished, this was actually proved by Mr Augustas Harris, who wai able to read down sn avenue at over 530 yards from the lamp. The utility of Luoigen for outdoor proposes may ba gauged by its victories. Besides being used for lighting many large engineering works, and suoh plices as Us Armstrong and Whitworth factories, it m employed m Bsveral railway stations, it haa supplanted the eleotrlc lght at the Forth Brigade works, it is being set up along tho whole length of the Suez Canal, it is m ace m the mslso fields m Egypt, and was employed iv the recent mobillaa* tieu, of tho French troops. Mr Hannay aaya that a town could be lighted with the waste product! of Its own gasworks. The oil can, ho waver, be imported for a penny a g.i lon, nnd tho supply is said to be inexhaustible.