row the meter, the operator was obtained from a swampy ash tree and was sawn ber, and a lamp-base which serves as a water-reser- who has charge of this branch of the service discon- off froin the tree about 20 feet from the ground. The voir. The carbide-holder is merely a cylindrical nects the line… … the water-reservoir, the lamp is ready for use. By turn- ing the shade-holder, which engages the rib or thread of the burner-tube, the gas-chamber and carbide-holder strument to the outgoing line, then rings the subscriber are lowered, whereby the water is forced up through up and requests him to…
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