Part 16 — LONDON PRICE LIST
Reading edition
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.
DIAMETER. THICKNESS IN THE METAL. PRICE PER YARD.
£. 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.
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
Wrought iron Gas Tubes screwed and fitted, warranted to bear a pressure equal to a column of water 300 feet high.
BORE. PENCE PER FOOT.
1 inch 10
7-eighths 8
3-quarters 7 1⁄2
5-eighths 7
Half an inch and 3-eighths 6 1⁄2
Copper Tubes.
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
Brazed sheet iron Tubes.
BORE OF TUBE. PRICE PER FOOT.
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.
Cost of laying cast iron Gas mains in London. To take up the ground, to fill in, but not to re-pave the ground, and to drive two and a half inches of lead into the joints of the pipes.
DIAMETER OF MAINS. PER YARD.
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
ESTIMATE OF A Gas Light Apparatus, Capable of producing every 24 hours, a light equal to 21,330 tallow candles, eight in the pound, burning for six hours.
£. 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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A PRACTICAL ESSAY ON CHEMICAL RE-AGENTS OR TESTS,
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WITH SEVEN COLOURED PLATES,
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Directions to the Binder.
Plate II, to face Title Page.
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.
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Pl. IV. Accums, Description of Gas Works.
G. H. Palmer, Del.
Gas Works. Westminster Station
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Plate V. Accums, Description of Gas Works.
W. Read, Sculp.t
Gas Holder at Birmingham without Specific Gravity Apparatus, capacity 30,000 Cubic Feet.
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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
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Accums, Description of Gas Works. Pl. VII.
Lowry, Del.t & Sculp.t
Gas-Works.
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