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 239
he reservoir, and also the air-distributor b in the form of a perforated cap. Thecentral stationary air-tube c is fastened at the lower end to the body of the burner, and openings areprovided through the body at each side of the tube c for the wick-tubes e. In Fig. 2566 the wick-tube is segmented… … connected together by plates ic. The oil is supplied to the mineral wicks by means of a fibrouswick g. The wick-tubes are provided with rack m, which allows of elevating or depressing the wickby means of pinion and shaft h I. Lateral openings v are formed in the stationary air-tube adjacent to the…
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