Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1861)
Appleton, firm, publishers, New York. (1852, D. Appleton & Co.) · New York : D. Appleton · leaf 788
gas by surrounding each single jet with abundance ofair, as it issues from the orifice; and the low form of chimney or combustion chamber diminishes the GAS. Ill Telocity of the draught, and adds, consequently, to the illuminating power of the flame. The orificesof the copper tubes become stopped… … Ventilation of gas-burners.—Serious objections still stand in the way of the introduction of gas-lightinto private dwellings, unless some means can be adopted for removing the products of combustion.For every cubical foot of gas burnt, rather more than a cubic foot of carbonic acid is produced. A…
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