Of the most essential articles employed in the manufacture and application of Coal Gas; delivered free of expence at any Wharf between London and Vauxhall Bridge.
Cast iron Spigot and Faucit Pipes. |
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| DIAMETER. | THICKNESS IN THE METAL. | PRICE PER YARD. |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £. | s. | d. | |||||
| 1 and a half inch | 5-sixths of an inch | 2 | 6 | ||||
| 2 inches | 3-eighths | 3 | 6 | ||||
| 2 and a half ditto | ditto | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 3 inches | 7-sixteenths | 4 | 6 | ||||
| 4 ditto | half an inch | 6 | 6 | ||||
| 5 ditto | ditto | 9 | 0 | ||||
| 6 ditto | ditto | 10 | 0 | ||||
| 7 ditto | ditto | 11 | 0 | ||||
| 8 ditto | 5-eighths | 12 | 3 | ||||
| 9 ditto | ditto | 16 | 6 | ||||
| 10 ditto | ditto | 19 | 6 | ||||
Cast iron Flanch Pipes. |
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| 1 and a half inch | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 2 inches | 4 | 0 | |||||
| 2 and a half inch | 4 | 10 | |||||
| 3 inches | 5 | 4 | |||||
| 4 ditto | 7 | 3 | |||||
| 5 ditto | 9 | 6 | |||||
| Quadrant flanch pipes | 14 | 0 | cwt. | ||||
| Bend pipes of different radii, branch pipes and accommodating pipes | 13 | 0 | cwt. | ||||
| From eight to six inches 13s. 6d. from 5 to 3 inches | 14 | 0 | |||||
| Two, and 1 and a half inch | 14 | 6 | |||||
| Siphon, water reservoir, or tar-well pipes, from 2 to 6 inches in diameter | 15 | 0 | cwt. | ||||
| Ditto, above 6 inches in diameter | 14 | 0 | |||||
| Gas holder, or hydraulic valve pipes, with boxes | 15 | 0 | |||||
| Wrought iron work and screws to ditto | 0 | 7 | 1⁄2 ℔ | ||||
| Retorts of best picked iron, from second process | 13 | 0 | cwt. | ||||
| Mouth pieces to ditto, ground and fitted | 20 | 0 | |||||
| Wrought iron work and screws to ditto | 0 | 7 | 1⁄2 ℔ | ||||
| Connecting and stride pipes, ground | 20 | 0 | cwt. | ||||
| Hydraulic cylinders | 15 | 0 | |||||
| Tapering pipes | 15 | 0 | |||||
| Outer fire doors | 15 | 0 | |||||
| Inner ditto | 11 | 0 | |||||
| Fire back, bearers, dead plates | 11 | 0 | |||||
| Top, register, and slide dampers | 14 | 0 | |||||
| Pullies, and friction sectors, turned and fitted | 22 | 0 | |||||
| Wrought iron gudgeons for ditto, turned and fitted | 1 | 0 | ℔. | ||||
| One inch bolts | - | at | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1⁄2 ℔. | |
| Seven-eighths ditto | |||||||
| Three-quarters ditto | |||||||
| Five-eighths | 2 | 8 | 0 | gross. | |||
| Half-inch | 1 | 18 | 0 | gross. | |||
| Tar receivers and purifying vessels | 0 | 14 | 0 | cwt. | |||
| Condensing pipes, and inlet and outlet pipes for tanks | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||||
| Cast iron tanks put together complete, with bolts, screws, cement, &c. | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| Gas holders, original construction, erected complete of sheet iron | 0 | 60 | 0 | ||||
| Gas holder, collapsing construction, complete, capacity 30,000 cubic feet | 1000 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gas holder, collapsing construction, complete, capacity 15,000 cubic feet | 700 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gas holder, collapsing construction, complete, capacity 22,000 cubic feet | 800 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| BORE. | PENCE PER FOOT. |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 inch | 10 | |
| 7-eighths | 8 | |
| 3-quarters | 7 | 1⁄2 |
| 5-eighths | 7 | |
| Half an inch and 3-eighths | 6 | 1⁄2 |
| BORE OF TUBE. | PRICE PER FOOT. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | |||
| 3-eighths of an inch | copper tubes | 0 | 4 | 1⁄2 | |
| Half ditto | ditto | 0 | 6 | ||
| 5-eighths ditto | ditto | 0 | 9 | ||
| 3-quarters ditto | ditto | 0 | 11 | 1⁄2 | |
| 7-eighths ditto | ditto | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1 inch | ditto | 1 | 8 | ||
| 1 and a half ditto | ditto | 2 | 2 | ||
| Union joints 3-eighths of an inch 8s. half an inch 9s. 5-eighths of an inch 10s. 6d. 3-quarters of an inch | 0 | 14 | 0 | per doz. | |
| Union T sockets, 3-quarters of an inch 20s. half inch | 0 | 14 | 0 | per doz. | |
| Three-quarters of an inch main cocks | 0 | 4 | 6 | each | |
| BORE OF TUBE. | PRICE PER FOOT. |
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|---|---|---|---|
| s. | d. | ||
| 3-eighths of an inch | 0 | 3 | 3⁄4 |
| Half an inch | 0 | 4 | 1⁄4 |
| 5-eighths of an inch | 0 | 5 | |
| 3-quarters | 0 | 6 | 1⁄2 |
| 1 inch | 0 | 7 | 1⁄2 |
| 1 and a quarter | 0 | 10 | |
| 1 and a half | 1 | 3 | |
| £. | s. | d. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ornamental gas lamp posts, and columns, fitted complete with York lamps glazed, tube, branches, cocks, and burners, ready for lighting | £. 6 | 6 | 0 | each |
| Or castings for ditto | 13 | 0 | cwt. | |
| Wrought iron work for ditto | 0 | 7 | 1⁄2 ℔. | |
| Argand burners complete, from 2s. 6d. to | 5 | 0 | each | |
| Iron roofs for retort and gas holder houses, erected complete, at £. 6 6 0 per square of 100 feet, superficial measure. | ||||
| DIAMETER OF MAINS. |
PER YARD. |
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|---|---|---|
| s. | d. | |
| 3 inches | 1 | 6 |
| 4 ditto | 1 | 10 |
| 5 ditto | 2 | 1 |
| 6 ditto | 2 | 2 |
| 7 ditto | 2 | 4 |
| 8 ditto | 2 | 7 |
| 9 ditto | 3 | 0 |
| 10 ditto | 3 | 4 |
| £. | s. | d. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tapping the mains and laying gun barrel, or branch pipes | 0 | 1 | 0 | per yrd. |
| Governor complete to regulate every 24 hours 30,000 cubic feet of gas | 60 | 0 | 0 | |
| A lime machine, new construction, to purify 30,000 cubic feet of gas every 24 hours | 220 | 0 | 0 | |
| A gas metre, to register 30,000 cubic feet of gas every 24 hours | 105 | 0 | 0 | |
| A gas light apparatus complete, capable of producing 48,000 cubic feet of gas every 24 hours, costs, if erected in London | 8000 | 0 | 0 |
| £. | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five horizontal rotary retorts, 12 feet 6 inches in diameter, complete for immediate use | 2320 | 0 | 0 |
| Two lime machines, complete for immediate use | 536 | 0 | 0 |
| Two collapsing gas holders, 30,000 cubic feet capacity each | 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| A gas metre | 200 | 0 | 0 |
| A governor or regulating guage | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| Tar well | 58 | 0 | 0 |
| Pumps | 67 | 0 | 0 |
| Connecting pipes | 265 | 0 | 0 |
| Condensing pipes, between the retorts, tar well, and lime machines | 219 | 16 | 0 |
| Retort house, with iron roof | 653 | 19 | 0 |
| Lime machine house, with ditto ditto | 230 | 0 | 0 |
| Workmen’s tools and sundries | 430 | 0 | 0 |
| £. 7079 | 15 | 0 |
This apparatus is capable of producing every 24 hours, 66,000 cubic feet of gas.
THE END.
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Plate III, IV, V, VI, and VII, at the end of the Book.
Pl. III.
Accums, Discription of Gas Works.
Gas Light Machinery, at the Royal Mint.
in Explanation of Plate, II.
Pl. IV.
Accums, Description of Gas Works.
G. H. Palmer, Del.
Gas Works.
Westminster Station
Plate V.
Accums, Description of Gas Works.
W. Read, Sculp.t
Gas Holder at Birmingham
without Specific Gravity Apparatus,
capacity 30,000 Cubic Feet.
Plate VI.
Accums, Description of Gas Works.
W. Read, Sculp.t
Gas Holder at Chester
Without Specific Gravity Apparatus,
Capacity 30,000 Cubic Feet.
Gas Holder at Westminster,
Without Specific Gravity Apparatus,
Capacity 15,400 Cubic Feet
Accums, Description of Gas Works.
Pl. VII.
Lowry, Del.t & Sculp.t
Gas-Works.
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Plate II, 'Accums’': as printed in original work.
Page xv, entry AMMONIACAL LIQUOR: there is no separate section for this material, but it is described in the first part of the section on Carbonate of Ammonia on page 303.
Page 43, 'Pont Tops': possibly Pontops.
Page 49, 'Tramsaren, near Kidwelly': possibly Trimsaran.
Page 79, table: the quantities given add up to 556 cubic feet.
Page 84, 'Enclosed are the result': as printed in the source document.
Page 86, Expenditure of Process A: the amounts given do not add up to the total.
Page 103/104, calculation: the numbers given do not add up to the first sub-total.
Page 196, example of capacity calculation: the dimensions given result in a capacity of 22,500 cubic feet.
Plate III, 'discription': as printed in the source document.
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Page 143: 'Melam' changed to 'Malam'.
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Page 304: 'it will turn blue litmus, paper red' changed to 'it will turn blue litmus paper, red'.
Page 312: 'sal-ammonia' changed to 'sal-ammoniac'.
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