A juyin juya halin a Lighting
Lokacin da gas ɗin kasuwanci ya samo asali a farkon karni na 19 a Turai da Amurka, sabuwar hanya ta haskaka gidajenmu, ofisoshinmu, da shagunanmu - ko da titinmu - yana samuwa a karon farko. Tun daga wannan lokaci, zamu iya shigar da kayan haɗakarwa mai haske waɗanda aka haɗa da man fetur ko ikon wutar lantarki wanda aka ba daga waje.
Dole mu kula da maye gurbin tufafi, kuma dole mu yi musu haske ta hannu, amma kwanakin sayen ko yin kyandir, da kuma sayen ko yin man fetur, sun kasance.
Za mu iya samun sakon man fetur, tare da kayan aiki da aka sanya su, kuma mu yi kwangila tare da kamfanin gas don haɗawa da samar da tsarinmu.
Hakika, wannan yana nufin wani ƙarin lissafi don biyan ku idan mun riga mun ba da ruwa na jama'a. A gaskiya ma, a yawancin lokuta, yana nufin cewa muna da lissafin mai amfani na farko. Gidajen ruwa da na gine-gine na gari sun fara samuwa a baya, amma ya dauki shekaru da yawa don aiwatarwa kuma, sau da yawa, sabis na gas ya samuwa a farkon.
Ta yaya aka ba gas
Haka ne, an kawo iskar gas zuwa gidajenmu da kasuwancinmu ta hanyar raye-raye, kamar yadda yake a yau. Amma ta yaya kamfanin gas din ya sami gas a farkon wuri? Ɗaya daga cikin na farko na pipelines don kawo gas daga filin iskar gas zuwa wani gari an kammala a 1821. Wannan canjin ya kawo gas daga filayen a Indiana zuwa birnin Chicago, kuma ba ta da kyau sosai. Kafin wannan lokaci, kuma bayan shekaru masu yawa bayanan, gashin gas wanda muke amfani da shi don haskaka gidajenmu an gina shi ne a garin da muka zauna.
Gas din da muka yi amfani da shi don haskaka wurare a zamanin Gaslight shine gas din mai. Ya kasance gas ne, amma an yi shi ta hanyar konewa da kwalba a cikin tanda da aka rufe don kiyaye iskar oxygen. Daga nan sai aka tsarkake gas - tace - matsawa da kuma tayar da hankali zuwa gidajenmu, kasuwancinmu da hasken wuta. An yi shi ne ta hanyar da muka sani a yau kamar yadda "gashin gashi yake."
A shekara ta 1792, William Murdoch yayi amfani da iskar gas din don haskaka gidansa. A lokacin, Murdoch yana aiki ne ga Matiyu Boulton da James Watt a kamfanin Soho Foundry na injin motsa jiki kuma an sanya shi ne ya kula da injunan kamfanin a cikin aikin sarrafa min din a Cornwall. Yana gwaji da nau'o'in gas, don ganin abin da zai samar da haske mafi kyau. Ya yanke shawara cewa asalin gas din ya zama mafi tasiri, kuma ya yi amfani da shi a gidansa, a wani ɓangare, a matsayin bayyanar.
Wannan shine farkon Gaslight Era. A farkon shekarun 1800, hasken wutar lantarki ya zama na kowa a yawancin manyan biranen, kuma shigar da tsarin hasken wutar lantarki yana da kyau sosai. A ƙarshen karni na 19 da farkon karni na 20, wutar lantarki ta maye gurbin gas a matsayin tushen hasken lantarki, tare da lokaci mai ban sha'awa na man fetur (gas da lantarki) a cikin tsawon shekaru 20 a matsayin ɓangare na miƙa mulki.
Gudun haske a cikin iskar gas
An sanya matakan gyaran gas a ƙasa da rufi don dalilai biyu. Abu mafi mahimmanci shi ne sun sanya hasken tare da harshen wuta, saboda haka dole ne a ajiye shi a cikin wani nesa mai nisa daga kowane kayan da zai iya ƙonewa. Dalilin dalili kuwa shi ne cewa gas ɗin da aka yi amfani da shi ya kunna da kashe tare da bawul, ko bawul, wanda aka gina a cikinta.
Hakanan, tare da gaskiyar cewa wuta ta kasance da haske bayan an juya gas, wanda ake nufi da cewa za ku kasance mai sauƙi mai sauƙi don isa - ko dai daga bene ko kuma yin amfani da ƙananan matakai idan an buƙata.
Sakamakon haka shi ne gaskiyar haske na gas, da kuma ingantattun furen halayen, sune fitilun wuta , fitilu na zamani , da shingen bango . Suna da (kuma suna da) tasoshin faɗo, wanda yawanci suke yi da gilashi kuma yawancin lokuta, wanda ke riƙe da ƙaran haske - ko kuma, a cikin kwanakin zamani, wani fitila mai haske. A cikin kayan gyare-gyare na asali, ana buƙatar tasa ta buƙatar don ƙyale samfurori na konewa don tserewa. Har ila yau, ya shafi mafi yawan haske a sama. Yin amfani da gilashi don kwano ya yardar da hasken ya yada gaba daya kuma, har zuwa wani lokaci, zuwa ƙasa.