Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering : illustrated with four thousand engravings on wood ; in two volumes (1873)
D. Appleton and Company · New York : D. Appleton and Co. · leaf 780
tion of the gas bv surrounding each single jet with abundance ofair. as it issues from the orifice; and the low form of chimney or combustion chamber diminishes th« GAS. 777 velocity of the draught, and adds, consequently, to the illuminating power of the flame. The orificesof the copper tubes… … Ventilation of aas-burncrs.—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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