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Coal Gas And Camphine Superceded

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Parent Issue
Day
14
Month
November
Year
1846
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

per, that M. Jcbard, following out a hint of Sir Humphery Davy, has ascertained that water inay be made a racans of cheap illuminatiou. It is decomposed by a very simple process, and furnishes a very beautiful light. A penny's worth of oil duly mixed with water in a retort will furnish the light of ten caadles for twenty iour. The French Government has jecome the owner of the patent for pubic purpose, and several large manufacories in France are now successfully using it. Our readers will find in Fishers N. Y. Magazine for October a full