Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts (1880)
D. Appleton and Company, Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 236
by the narrow slot in the burner at C,producing a silvery-white combustion, free from discolored spots or orange tints in the flame. Thewick-raising device is common to all lamps burning heavy oils, having a long screw-nut and but-ton EE. Fig. 2549 is the winding-plate, with its clicks o, o,… … tube, and bent oil-tube as far as h-, where it uncouples, in a socket, for the purpose of cleaning outmatches, crust, etc., that accumulate with carelessness. It is stated that by photometrical test this lamp has given a light equivalent to that of 17 candles. Kerosene Lamps.— The Student Lamp.—The…
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