Knocked-down houses, construction of....... Knowles, Morris, acknowledgments to.... L. Lighting, artificial, systems of. See also Doors, windows, sunlight. situation of house on, conditions de- suggested arrangement of, figure show- Louvers, use of, in ventilation.. M. Map of town, advantages of. Mosquitoes, breeding of, prevention of.. P. Painting, exterior, precautions in....... Poultry, restrictions regarding.. improperly located, view of... proper care of... rear view of... R. Rent of houses, factors determining.. hipped, definition of... objections to....... materials for.... pitch of, conditions determining.. 8. Shingles, asphalt, use of.. metal, objection to.... necessity of. Sewage, disposal of, methods for. See also Wastes. Sewer system, importance of installing. substitutes for... Page. Sanitation, importance of, in mining towns.. Screens, kinds of.... methods of applying.. Shrinkage of timbers, prevention of.. Site of town, conditions determining. Slate, for roofs, merits of.. Springs, as source of water supply. figure showing.. Veranda, "built in," objection to... "built on," advantage of.. floor of, construction of.. foundations of.. importance of.. roof of, advisability of omitting. W. view of.... Wastes, removal of, methods of.. Water supply, importance of... sources of... See also Cisterns: springs, wells. Windows, area for, conditions determining.. glazing of... importance of.. 41 position of... screening of, importance of.. 5-7 shape of... 44 Woodwork, interior, construction of... 53 48 size of, factors governing.. V. Vaults, concrete, objections to... See also Doors; windows. Ventilators, ceiling, use of, in ventilation.... Y. Yard, importance of garden in....... Page. ....... The Bureau of Mines, in carrying out one of the provisions of its organic act-to disseminate information concerning investigations made-prints a limited free edition of each of its publications. When this edition is exhausted copies may be obtained at cost price only through the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., who is the authorized agent of the Federal Government for the sale of all publications. The Superintendent of Documents is not an official of the Bureau of Mines. His is an entirely separate office and he should be addressed: SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS, The general law under which publications are distributed prohibits the giving of more than one copy of a publication to one person. Additional copies must be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents. The cost of this bulletin is 15 cents. First edition. February, 1915. Introduction............ General statement regarding wastes of natural gas.... Occurrence of gas and oil...... Factors affecting flow of gas and oil in different sections of the same field or in neighboring wells....... Effect of drilling neighboring wells... Effect of formation of waxy sediment.... History of the making of gasoline from natural gas. Two successful plants in 1904....... Early methods.................. Later improvements. Patents issued.... CONTENTS. Production of gasoline from natural gas in the eastern part of the United States. The gasoline industry in West Virginia. The industry in Pennsylvania.. The industry in California.. Production in 1912... Noteworthy interest in the industry. Marketing the product. Distribution of plants.. Future of the industry in Oklahoma......... Production in 1911 and 1912..... Production in 1913.......... Chemistry of natural gas.. Natural-gas analyses made by the bureau.. Comments on the analyses... Relation of character of oils in the sand. Effect of pressure and temperature on gases in the strata. Testing natural gases for gasoline content.. Classification of kinds of natural gas. “Dry” natural gas... "Wet" natural gas. 10 10 11 11 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 16 17 17 17 18 19 19 19 19 20 20 23 24 24 25 26 27 28 30 30 31 31 Testing natural gases for gasoline content-Continued. Methods and equipment used in tests Orsat apparatus for determination of carbon dioxide and oxygen.. Construction and use of Schilling type of apparatus. . . Use of the Pitot tube for measuring the open flow of gas wells. Pitot tube with attachment for measuring static pressures. Formula for accurate determinations. ... Examples showing accuracy of formula.. General comments on use of Pitot tube... Necessity of allowing a well to vent freely before Pitot-tube readings Interpretation of results of tests.. Results of analyses of natural gases of Oklahoma.. Compression and liquefaction of the constituents of natural gas in plant opera- Changes in gas on compression and cooling. Details of equipment of gasoline plants.. Plant tests to determine effect of different pressures on yield of gasoline..... Comments on methods and equipment of various plants......... Percentage of vapor condensed by compression and cooling.. Results of analyses of gases from different stages of plant operation......... Specific gravities and absorption numbers of natural gases used for con- Fire hazard at gasoline plants.......... Effect of leakage of air into pipes and connections. Character and uses of residual gas. Solution of gas in condensates. Life of wells as regards profitable gasoline extraction. Condensation of gasoline by refrigeration. Methods of plant at Olinda, Cal.......... Description of ordinary ammonia refrigerating machine. Blending gasoline with naphtha.. Commercial names of distillation products from crude oil. Discussion of the products..... |
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