. Journal of electricity, power, and gas . Jones. Then the oil was looked upon as an enricher of othergases, and subservient to these dilutent gases, whichtook the name of water-gas. The name of oil-gas withits unctuous suggestion is apt to awaken unpleasantmemories in the minds of the older generation of gasmen, who experimented with the many ways of stew-ing oil in iron retorts. For this reason oil-gas as wellas water-gas is badly named. The oil-gas of Californiais so much like enriched coal-gas that no chemist couldidentify it as having been made from oil. The high price and scarcity o
. Journal of electricity, power, and gas . Jones. Then the oil was looked upon as an enricher of othergases, and subservient to these dilutent gases, whichtook the name of water-gas. The name of oil-gas withits unctuous suggestion is apt to awaken unpleasantmemories in the minds of the older generation of gasmen, who experimented with the many ways of stew-ing oil in iron retorts. For this reason oil-gas as wellas water-gas is badly named. The oil-gas of Californiais so much like enriched coal-gas that no chemist couldidentify it as having been made from oil. The high price and scarcity of petroleum in the. General View of Martin Station at Vlsltaclon Valley, near San Francisco—The First Large Producer o( Oll-(;;is In the WurUl. 492 JOURNAL OF ELECTRICITY, POWER AND GAS [Vol. XXIV-No. 22 populous and large gas-producing districts of theUnited States have probably deferred the inventionand use of oil-gas apparatus. But the discovery of vastquantities of oil in California made it an economicnecessity. The full extent of this necessity and thereasons for completely changing the method of makinggas in California and the abandoning of all othergenerating apparatus will be better understood by re-ferring to the following table, showing the quantityand value of petroleum produced in the State duringthe past twenty-one years, and to a chart, showingthe relation of quantity to value. PRODUCTION OF PETROLEUM IN CALIFORNIA. Quantity, Value Tear bbls. Value abbl. 1887 678,572 $1,357,144 $ 1888 690,333 1,380,666 1889 303,220 368,04S 1890 307,360 384,200 1891 323,600 401,264
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