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 171
e distinctly seen in Fig. 24:74, are somewhat advanced intothe space occupied by the wick, a cut being made in the socket, so that they press the wick in somemeasure against the back side. According as the screw^s are turned the wick is either raised or lowered,and a larger or smaller portion of it…
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