Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1869)
New York, Appleton · leaf 179
on of his clock-lamp is without precedent, with reference to the uninterrupted andperfect supply of oil to the wick. Whilst in the other lamps the burner contains a stationary columnof oil, which either constantly decreases from above or is reinstated from time to time, the oil in Car-eels burner… … Carcels invention left only unimportant points connected with the works and the pump to his suc-cessors, to which the skill of others-has been applied. Figs. 2489 and 2190 present a section of Carcelitamp and its various parts, with Penots improvements. The chief parts of the lamp are arranged…
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