| Furnace | Gas-producer | ||
| £ | £ | ||
| Ordinary brickwork | about | 40 | 30 |
| Fire brickwork | " | 230 | 30 |
| Lime, sand, fireclay, &c. | " | 35 | 10 |
| Cast iron | " | 100 | 30 |
| Wrought iron | " | 60 | 20 |
| Valves, regulators, levers, &c. | " | 50 | 10 |
| Timber | " | 5 | — |
| Cooling tube, &c. | " | — | 50 |
| Chimney, &c. | " | — | 100 |
| Total 800l.; add freight and contingencies. | |||
[189] 'Voyage autour du Monde.'
[190] For full details of the carbonisation, see the 'Morning Advertiser,' Oct. 20 and Nov. 15, 1874, and the 'Morning Post,' Nov. 13, 1874, which contain translations from the German press.
[191] About 6l.
[192] Three other experiments were made upon human remains by Dr. Brunetti, with nearly similar results.
[193] An emaciated corpse from the town hospital.
[194] Wife of an English baronet.
[195] Wife of a South German physician.
[196] In case any reader would like to compare the above results with those derived from the cremation of the lower animals, I append the following recent instances variously treated.
| Place of | Subject | Weight of | Weight of | Time | Authority |
| cremation | corpse | ashes | occupied | ||
| lbs. | lbs. | min. | |||
| Milan | dog | 22·50 | 1·85 | — | Dr. Polli |
| " | " | 42·75 | 2·12 | 120 | " |
| " | two dogs | 53 | 2 | 360 | Dr. Teruzzi |
| London | pig | 47 | 1·75 | 25 | Sir H. Thompson |
| " | " | 144 | 4 | 50 | " |
| Birmingham | " | 227 | 5 | 55 | " |
| Dresden | horse | 202 | 16 | — | Dr. Reclam |
| " | " | 460 | 23 | 240 | " |
| The cost for fuel, in even this last huge experiment, did not exceed 4s. | |||||