Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1869)
New York, Appleton · leaf 176
in the lid of A. The oil consumed in the burner e is replaced from the stock contained (abovethe level n n) in A, the place of which is then occupied by air, which enters at b. As soon as the con-sumption of oil in eb ceases, no more air-bubbles enter, and vice versa. As the level of the oil in… … This principle can be applied in the -ami manner, or in a much more compact form to lamps with circular oil vessels, by means of Carons stop-cock, Fig. 2484. The conical plug of the cock is com- . hollow, and at a certain distance from the middle it is supplied with a cross bottom <>,…
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