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 172
raising the wick, the size of the flame is increased, a tliick smoke is the result; and when the wick is soregulated as to produce no smoke, then the flame is weak and deficient. But Argand gave a real prac-tical use to his invention by applying the happy idea of an artificial draught. The…
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