. American engineer and railroad journal . been to de-velop a system with which gas could be manufactured at a matic in its action, requiring but little attention and only asmall amount of floor space. The plant is so constructed thatit manufactures gas as fast as required and no faster, so thatno gasometer or holder is required. Another point that addsgreatly to the efficiency of Acme gas is that the process ofgeneration is such that any required pressure can be securedfrom 7 lbs. down to 2 ozs. Acme gas is particularly adapted to forging and welding, andgeneral furnace work. It has been used
. American engineer and railroad journal . been to de-velop a system with which gas could be manufactured at a matic in its action, requiring but little attention and only asmall amount of floor space. The plant is so constructed thatit manufactures gas as fast as required and no faster, so thatno gasometer or holder is required. Another point that addsgreatly to the efficiency of Acme gas is that the process ofgeneration is such that any required pressure can be securedfrom 7 lbs. down to 2 ozs. Acme gas is particularly adapted to forging and welding, andgeneral furnace work. It has been used to the exclusion of allother fuels in the Government Navy Yard at Washington, D. C,for the past four years, in large ingot furnaces, open black-smith forges, etc., and since the plant was Installed at Wash-ington, this system has been adopted by the Government inthe yards at Charleston, Brooklyn, Portsmouth and Mare Isl-and. It is particularly serviceable and economical for anneal-ing, tempering and hardening, galvanizing, crucible work,. VIEW OF A LAR(iF. ACME-GAS GENERATING PLANT. ACME GAS COMPANY. Capacity—25,000 cubic feet per hour. sufficiently low cost to make its use as fuel in furnaces prac-ticable and economical, and to discover a process of generationwhich would produce gas from an apparatus of simple andcompact enough construction to enable the individual manu-facturer and railroad shop to install a gas plant inside theirown premises. The advent on the market of Acme gas andAcme gas plants, which are manufactured by the Acme GasCompany, Monadnock Building, Chicago, has offered a solutionto these problems which is altogether feasible and extremelysimple. Acme gas is made from crude distillate of petroleum at acost of from 8 to 12 cents per thousand cubic feet. It is a gasof high calorific efficiency, and more similar in character tonatural gas than any other product. It is made by forcing airunder pressure through crude distillate of petroleum. No heator retorts ar
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