"AEROGEN" GAS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 956, 25 October 1910, Page 8

"AEROGEN" GAS.

Among the many, interesting exhibits to be found on the Show Grounds at Carterton . to-morrow . is one ; tfhich should appeal to all persons living at a distance from town supplies of gas or electric light. We refer to the "Aerogen" Gas Machines being exhibited by Messrs. Philip's and Pike. These machines, which produce a hydro-carbon - gas of a very high quality, which may be- used for'all the -purposes to which coal gas is applied, are much in use on the Continent and in England. .They :place a farmer on.,an even 'better footing, as far as lighting, heating, cooking, and. power "are concerned, than the town dweller, for the farmer is independent of all the various fluctuations of,pressure and quality found in town supplies of coal gas. An "Aerogen" Gas Machine once installed and regulated' gives, a steady, uniform pressure and quality of gas. year in year out, without, variation. . The gas,, too,.is. the cheapest illuminanl;: obtainr.blo, costing only a penny to. sustain ten lights of forty candle power, each, for one hour. Who, living out of town, would be bothered with kerosene lamps, costing six times as much to maintain, when all the convenience of gas may be had from "Aerogen"? Ladios should bo specially interested in this exhibit, for it may be used for cooking. What a convenience to have a gasring always at your service, to say nothing of cooking-stoves, and gas irons, for laundry work. For use with a gas engine for power purposes; a little more is used than with coal gas, but that is counter-balanced by the cost being about half that of coal gas at five shillings per thousand cubic feet. The machine was invented by "Vrieslander" over twenty years ago, so has long • since passed the experimental stage, and thousands are in use W-day. In 1891!, ; after the introduction of the incandescent mantle, the "Aerogen" Company installed a plant in a small .town named'Breuxelen, in Holland. This was. so that the number of towns'.having.this gas installed steadily increased each .year, until there were fourteen' towns lighted with, it iD

each of the years, '06, '97, and '98, and the number is steadily increasing. The British "War Office, after testing nil tho machines on the market, chose "Aerogen." f The Victorian, N.S, Wales, and New Zealand Governments have also all taken iip "Aerogen." Wo would strongly urge visitors to make a point of seeing this machine.—Advt.

The judges for the next Dannevirke show are to he selected at the next meeting of the Schedule Committee o£ the Dannevirke A. and P. Association.